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 …
Satyasundar Barik BHUBANESWAR: At least one engineer died and two others were battling for life when they sustained serious burn injuries after coming in contact with hot ash on campus of Bhushan Power and Steel Limited, Thelkoli in Sambalpur district, about 350 km from here on Sunday The deceased was …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as widespread rains occurred in many parts of the country, summer misery is far from over in Orissa. Large parts still reeled under a gruelling heatwave with sunstroke casualties rising every day. The unofficial death roll rose to 127 while the official count was 21, the State Revenue …
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to ensure that roads and bridges in the 33 worst Maoist-affected districts in the country are completed in time, Centre has decided to review and monitor progress of their construction regularly. Cabinet Secretary KS Chandrasekhar will hold a meeting through video conference to assess the progress …
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa universities have been asked to fan out to remote pockets and adopt more number of tribal villages where campaigns against high dropout could be launched under the Project Gyanlok. At the Vice-Chancellors (VC) Conference here, Governor Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare called for intensified activities by the universities to take …
Bishnu Dash / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar May 06, 2010, 0:16 IST The interim report of the Nagpur-based National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), entrusted with the task of preparing a Regional Environment Management Plan (REMP) for Sambalpur-Jharsuguda region, has suggested various measures to minimise further impact on ground level concentrations of …
SAMBALPUR: IT was yet another hot and sultry day for the denizens of Sambalpur with the district recording 44.5 degree Celsius today. With the temperatures hovering above 40 degrees in the past some days and the April sun sucking up the water levels, people fear acute water crisis. While the …
Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi today proposed a host of new schemes in his Budget speech, which included setting up of new universities, medical and engineering colleges as well as a special employment generation programme. He also proposed 50 per cent reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions and urban local …
BHUBANESWAR: As the heatwave continued to grip Orissa, western and interior Orissa sizzled where the day temperature soared past 45.5 degree Celsius on Wednesday. Both Titlagarh and Sambalpur recorded 45.5 degree Celsius whereas at Hirakud and Jharsuguda, mercury hovered about 45 C, the India Meteorological Department said. In the capital …
SAMBALPUR: Women walking with pitchers on their heads and some struggling at tube-wells to fill up their vessels with water is a common sight in Sambalpur villages these days. With Sambalpur boiling at around 45.6 degree Celsius, the rural pockets of the district are experiencing severe water crisis. Having faced …
BHUBANESWAR: After system of rice intensification (SRI) paddy, it is sustainable sugarcane initiative (SSI) which would be the next generation sugarcane production technique with the rising labour cost and water crisis in the State. The SSI method would not only be requiring less labour and water, but it would also …
BHUBANESWAR: The blistering heat has gone from bad to worse in Orissa even as the alleged sunstroke toll rose to 17 today. Four more deaths have been reported from the districts in the last 24 hours, the State Revenue Control Room stated. While the fresh death reports are yet to …
BHUBANESWAR: An unrelenting heatwave continued to scorch western parts of the State, while coastal Orissa experienced humid conditions for the third consecutive day. Three western Orissa towns - Sambalpur, Balangir and Titlagarh - saw the day temperature rising past the 43 degree Celsius while reports of four more sunstroke deaths …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the sugar price in the open market continues to be robust, the State is facing an average shortfall of about 4,000 tonnes of levy sugar every month. Each BPL family is entitled to 2 kg of sugar a month. Considering the total number of BPL families at …
M a h a n a d i Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, and a "Mini Ratna" company of the Government of India was formed in 1992 with its corporate office at Sambalpur (Orissa). The company was formed by the bifurcation of coal mines of Orissa …
BHUBANESWAR: Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken. The dam, built across the Mahanadi …
SAMBALPUR: Though the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) pulled up the Sambalpur Municipality a few months back on haphazard disposal of garbage in and around the town, there is not much change in the situation till now. The Municipality had acquired 26 acres of land for development of a Municipal …
BHUBANESWAR: Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group Kumaramangalam Birla today announced that the group will invest in another project at Hirakud in Sambalpur district. Birla met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here today and discussed the group
This article examines the movement against the construction of the Hirakud dam in Orissa. It is evident that the domestic resistance to the project was variously compromised by nationalist rhetoric, imperatives of state development and absence of transnational support. The Hirakud dam project has failed on all of its objectives
BHUBANESWAR: With half of the districts reeling from drought effect, an inter-ministerial Central team will arrive in Orissa tomorrow for spot assessment of the situation. Led by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Atanu Purukayasth, the 10-member team would mostly be visiting western and northern districts of the State …
SAMBALPUR: A Central team will be visiting the district on Wednesday to assess loss of crops for extending financial assistance to the State Government. The team is scheduled to visit Jamankira, the worst affected among the blocks besides villages in tribal inhabited Kuchinda block. This was informed in a meeting …
