Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Bibhu Dash & Others Vs Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation & Others dated 05/02/2024. The affidavit of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board stated that the STP cannot be constructed because the sewage outflow of Manorama Estates Welfare Society to their …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) has sought the approval of the Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) for reassessment of the design energy of its generating stations. Any revision in the design energy will have a cascading effect on the power tariff. If the OERC approved the OHPC proposal, …
BHUBANESWAR: There is a serious need to redraft the proposed National Green Tribunal Bill-2009 (NGTB) as it lacks specifics in its present form and would neither do justice to the environment nor be an effective remedy for the affected people. Calling for space for civil societies and non-government organisations in …
BHUBANESWAR: Sustainability of crop production depends greatly on soil fertility management. Though organic manures and bio-fertilisers can be supplements it to some extent, scientists feel that there is a greater challenge ahead to meet the projected food grain production by 2025. On the other hand, ever increasing use of fertilisers …
BHUBANESWAR: Nimapara: Jagatsighpur MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai said providing drinking water to each household in his constituency is his priority. Inaugurating two piped water supply projects at Tulasipur and Tentuliguan villages under Nimapara block yesterday, he urged people to use bio-resources to arrest environmental degradation. Nimapara MLA Samir Dash stressed …
This document addresses three of the four Biodiversity Conservation Components in terms of providing policy and methodological guidance on eco-development, including ecotourism, and mitigation of humanwildlife conflicts. This is complemented by a conceptual framework and action plan for their practical application in Satkosia Gorge, the sanctuary where participatory micro-planning processes …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is in a quandary whether to finalise the BPL list as per the 2002 survey or to go for a fresh census. Terming the 1997 BPL list as `Congress list
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has set a target of Rs 1,095-crore loans to the farmers for the rabi crop. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today reviewed the rabi package to be announced by the State Government. It has been decided that rabi crops will be undertaken on 31 lakh hectares in …
BHUBANESWAR: The Government is facing a lot of flak from the public and social organisations for the large-scale felling of roadside trees. Even as the Works Department justified the cutting of trees for widening of the main thoroughfare of the city, activists of Prerana, a voluntary organisation protested during felling …
The Centre for Rural Development and Research (CFRDR) on Monday strongly criticised the State Government for cutting tress in the capital city for expansion of roads. CFRDR executive director Padmaja Debata, in a statement, alleged that around 600 trees have been felled in the city, but the Government did not …
BHUBANESWAR: The Government today decided to have an empaneled list of firms having expertise in the preparation of socio-economic feasibility report for resettlement and rehabilitation project affected people (PAP). THE Revenue Department will invite letter of consent from firms having experience of resettlement and rehabilitation of displaced families of at …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa, which is poised for a massive growth in industrial, mining and power sectors will emit around 300 million tonnes of green houses gases (GHG), mostly carbon di-oxide (CO2) within the next five years. The memoramdum submitted to the Thirteenth Finance Commission by the State Government maintains that this …
BHUBANESWAR: The Influenza A (H1N1) diagnostic laboratory of the Regional Medical Research Centre here has become fully operational with samples from the State being sent to it for testing. The facility has given its first H1N1 confirmation report with the sample of Dr Anup Kumar Burnwal of Rourkela testing positive. …
BHUBANESWAR: Industries Minister Raghunath Mohanty has demanded that a wing of the Central Food Technology Research Institute (CFTRI) should be set up here for dissemination of technology information among the prospective entrepreneurs. Addressing a national conference on food processing industries in Delhi today, the Minister announced that the Orissa Government …
BHUBANESWAR: The revised BPL list -- based on the 2002 household survey -- will be out on January 31, 2010, after more than 12 years. The last survey was conducted in 1997. Village-wise draft list of the surveyed households will be displayed in gram panchayat offices from November 15 to …
BHUBANESWAR: The aluminium major NALCO today signed a memorandum of understanding with the State Government for establishment of an aluminium park at Angul. The proposed park will be a joint venture of the NALCO and the Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) and it will be close to the smelter …
BHUBANESWAR: The Swarnajayanti Gram Sworajgar Yojana (SGSY), the massive self-employment programme of the Government, will now be implemented in a mission mode under a restructured scheme called National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). The NRLM to be launched from the current financial year is aimed at mobilising all the rural BPL …
BHUBANESWAR: After diarrhoea, malaria is spreading in Western Orissa districts putting the efficacy of the health services to test. As diarrhoea has a long history in the State and takes heavy toll in the backward districts at regular intervals, malaria has emerged as the highest killer in the tribal- dominated …
BHAWANIPATNA: Tribals are more prone to infectious diseases due to malnutrition. An Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) bulletin said this in October 2003. In 2009 too this holds good in some of the tribal pockets of Kalahandi which are witnessing gastroenteritis and malaria in epidemic proportions. A senior doctor …
