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 …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Thursday signed an MoU with the NHPC for setting up three hydropower projects down Hirakud reservoir on the Mahanadi. The next step would be setting up a joint venture company (JVC) between the Stateowned Orissa Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) and NHPC for implementation of Sindol1 …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday signed a MoU with state-owned National Hydro-Power Corporation (NHPC) for setting up three hydel units down Hirakud reservoir at an investment of Rs 3,000 crore. The MoU signified formation of a joint venture company (JVC) between the state-owned Odisha Hydro Power Corporation (OHPC) and …
BHUBANESWAR: With a rise in the number of slum-dwellers, the State Government is gearing up to prepare a new project to rehabilitate them in a proper manner. The project, which will focus on improving the livelihood of the slum-dwellers, is an extension of the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) which was …
SAMBALPUR: Heatwave has gripped western Orissa with the temperature refusing to relent. And the clear sky with no rain forecast for the coming days, there has been little relief for the denizens with water scarcity staring in their faces. The district has witnessed a sudden rise in maximum temperature that …
SAMBALPUR: When three years back family problems forced Parbati Bhoi of Kudgunderpur village to quit school, little did she know that a small step towards economic independence would help realise her dreams. She wrote her first HSC exam paper yesterday. This was possible with support from Association for Development and …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government will speed up land acquisition to expedite national highway (NH) projects. Taking stock at a review meeting here, Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik directed the Revenue Department to accelerate land acquisition and hand over the lands to the National Highway Authorities of India (NHAI). Particularly, the …
SAMBALPUR: A public hearing was held by regional office of State Pollution Control Board at Rengali tehsil office to elicit views on the proposed expansion of coal mining by Hirakud complex of Hindalco. The company aims at enhancing production from the present 1.5 million tonne (MT) to 3 MT at …
SAMBALPUR: Arjun Rohidas of Kasada village in Jamankira still goes about the annual routine of reaping the harvest. What is missing is the sweet taste of his own labour. Crop failure over the last two seasons has forced Arjun to work as a daily wager at Padiabahal. His is not …
SAMBALPUR: Voices of dissent and demand for 'drought' tag are growing shriller with farmers staging a demonstration and taking out rallies in Jamankira, Rairakhol and Rengali. The farmers of Rairakhol sub division laid siege to the office of Sub Collector on Thursday, threatening to intensify their stir if no tangible …
SAMBALPUR: A recent reply from the Rengali Tehsil office to a query under RTI Act has opened a can of worms. Having failed to get a response on the rampant pollution due to growing industrialisation in the block, Sarpanch of Rengali gram panchayat Laxmi Narayan Sahu had sought information on …
SAMBALPUR: The first spell of flood waters received by Hirakud dam from upstream was released from sluice gate no. 6 this morning. This was followed by opening of gates 7 and 8 even as the inflow of water was 1,60,966 cusecs in the morning. The three sluice gates discharged 45,000 …
SAMBALPUR: The first spell of flood waters received by Hirakud dam from upstream will be released on Wednesday at 11 a.m. The flood water will be released after performing certain rituals as has been the practice since inception of the dam. Although water level in the dam had come down …
SAMBALPUR: Good rains as yet, the kharif season in Sambalpur district is likely to be affected due to shortage of paddy seed. As per the available data, paddy will be cultivated over 1,04,500 hectares during the forthcoming kharif season. It was only 99,533 hectares last year. The Agriculture Department, to …
SAMBALPUR: In order to tide over prevailing food crisis, Agriculture Department has embarked on an ambitious plan to boost farm output in the district during the ensuing kharif. As per available data, paddy will be cultivated on 1,04,500 hectares of land during the forthcoming kharif against 99,533 hectares last time. …
SAMBALPUR: Closure of Orient Paper Mills (OPM) at Brajrajnagar proved bane for some and boon for others. The shutdown of OPM way back in 1999 left many people jobless, but it continues to benefit farmers with the Paper Mill Sludge (PMS) left behind by the mill helping farmers strike right …
SAMBALPUR: Despite housing the Hirakud dam project which also generates electricity, hundreds of villages in the district continue to be in dark without power. As many as 473 villages in Sambalpur district await electrification even though schemes like Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyuti Karan Yojana (RGGVY) and Biju Gram Jyoti Yojana …
SAMBALPUR: There has been a rise in the number of leopards in Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary. As per the tiger census undertaken in the Sanctuary in 2004, there were 21 leopards. However, preliminary reports of the census undertaken from May 3 to May 16 indicate the presence of more than 40 …
