Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government and police to take strong measures to curb the illegal transportation of cattle from different districts to outside the State. Disposing of the PIL filed by general secretary of citybased Legal Support and Social Action (LESSA) organisation, Gadadhar Sahoo and …
Hundreds of farmers on Monday gheraoed the regional office of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) demanding an explanation on the decision to keep in abeyance the closure notice issued to Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) following two successive a s h pond breaches. After waiting in vain for an hour …
The state water resource department has filed a FIR against the Hirakud smelter unit of Hindalco for its failure to check leakage of ash slurry from the captive power plant of the company into the nearby farm fields and canal. The canal division junior engineer P K Patel of Sambalpur …
Bhubaneswar: Water levels continued to rise in major rivers including Mahanadi following heavy rains in the catchment areas and release of surplus water from various reservoirs in Odisha on Sunday. Collectors of all districts have been asked to remain alert as rainfall was likely to continue in different parts of …
SAMBALPUR: Amidst drum beats, sounds of conch shells and siren, the flood water received by Hirakud Dam from upstream, first of the season, was released at 3.45 pm on Tuesday. The water level in the dam stood at 605.35 feet. But the first release itself drew criticism. The authorities said …
The Centre has approved a Rs 240-crore action plan of the State Government under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). Official sources said the district administrations have been asked to submit their action plans under the NRLM to the State Government. Guidelines for preparation of action plan have already been …
If the State’s jumbo population has seen a jump by 44 from 1886 to 1930, that of Sambalpur and Mayurbhanj present a worrying situation. Rampant poaching in the forests of Mayurbhanj district, tussle for space and fodder besides sagging electric wires, particularly, in Sambalpur district, have the wildlife activists and …
Bhubaneswar: Despite death of 149 elephants, mostly due to poaching and electrocution during last two years in Odisha, the population of pachyderms has increased to 1930 from 1886 in 2010. The elephant population in the state is 1930 which comprises 334 tuskers, 1087 females, 46 of unknown sex and 463 …
Farmers dependent on Sason Canal for irrigation water have been left in the lurch. The canal under Hirakud Dam Reservoir (HDR) has failed to discharge water for the third consecutive day on Sunday. As per reports, every year water is released through the Sason canal on June 15 to facilitate …
Large tracts of agricultural fields in Mohammadpur under Gadmunda gram panchayat have turned barren with frequent transportation of fly ash on the road stretch that passes through these fields. Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) trucks carry the fly ash to the dumping yard at Budhakanta-Larbhanga under the same panchayat on this …
Bhubaneswar: Normal life was crippled on the day as heat wave continued in most parts of Odisha with mercury touching 46.6 degree Celsius in the state capital of Bhubaneswar and Talcher. The state's highest temperature of 46.6 degree C was recorded here and Talcher while as many as seven towns …
Bhubaneswar: There has been no respite so far in the in the heat-wave conditions in the State with at least 14 districts recording over 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday the death toll due to sunstroke rising to 82 according to unofficial figures although in official records it stood at 20 …
Bhubaneswar: At least 65 persons have reportedly died so far due to sunstroke even as severe heat wave continues to whip the entire state, throwing normal life out of gear. However, the revenue department confirmed only ten deaths out of the 65. As many as 17 places have recorded maximum …
BHUBANESWAR: Having witnessed a quantum rise in the production of horticulture crops in the last 10 years, the State Government has now decided to lay emphasis on floriculture, coconut and banana crops. Three new schemes - floriculture development, coconut development, banana development - besides inter-cropping have been introduced under the …
SAMBALPUR: Fire has been raging in almost all the reserve forests, hill ranges and green patches in numerous hills dotting the region. The fire besides endangering biodiversity, has also hit hard the forest- dependent community which gets livelihood from it for six months in a year. It has upset the …
SAMBALPUR: Resentment is brewing among the farmers of Sambalpur district after the State Government excluded it from the drought-hit districts’ list. Despite the fact that large tracts of agricultural land are under Hirakud Command Area, there is no denying that in the last kharif season untimely rains and pest attacks …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has unearthed a land scam in Orissa where the state government acquired land for industrial houses like Vedanta and Posco by reportedly misusing existing provisions of the Land Acquisition Act. The CAG also found that the companies were not using the land for which …
The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has found that the Naveen Patnaik government has ‘misused' the Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for several big industrial projects, including the proposed mega steel plant by South Korean steel major Posco. “Emergency Provisions of Section 17 (4) were misused and applied arbitrarily …
BHUBANESWAR: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said the implementation of the Integrated Action Plan (IAP) should be made more participatory by consulting people’s representatives in districts. Chidambaram reviewed the implementation of IAP in the State through video-conferencing with district collectors. Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik and secretaries of …
SAMBALPUR: Even as the cause of death of saplings in Hirakud Command Area is being debated, former MP of Sambalpur, Bhabani Hota said extreme pollution levels in water and toxicity could be a reason. Hota told medipersons on Thursday that according to a study of Sambalpur University in the 90’s, …
