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 …
SAMBALPUR: Hirakud Dam recorded an increase of about three ft in the water level over the last 24 hours. At present, the water level in the dam stands at 603.35 ft against 599.67 ft last evening. While 22.21 mm of rain was recorded in the upper catchment area of the …
SAMBALPUR: Even as doubts are being raised over water shortage after power generation was stopped in the Hirakud dam reservoir (HDR), the decision to release a mere 50 cusecs of water from the HDR into the Bargarh main canal for irrigation of kharif crop has come under a cloud. As …
SAMBALPUR: Even as doubts are being raised over water shortage after power generation was stopped in the Hirakud dam reservoir (HDR), the decision to release a mere 50 cusecs of water from the HDR into the Bargarh main canal for irrigation of kharif crop has come under a cloud. As …
SAMBALPUR: The Agriculture Department has taken an initiative to promote organic farming in the district in a largescale. As per reports, bio-agents like rhizobium culture, phosphate solubilising micro-organisms (PSM), azotobactor and azospirillum were used in more than 2000 acres of land during last kharif season and those gave encouraging results. …
SAMBALPUR: Unbridled growth and unchecked encroachments have posed a serious threat to natural resources, particularly water bodies. And this assumes significance at a time when climate change, manifested in growing heat in the cities like Sambalpur, is taking a heavy toll. Sambalpur is hardly left with any forest cover and …
Residents of Bhatra, on the outskirts of Sambalpur town, struggle to get their share of water from tankers provided by the Sambalpur Municipality. BRAJRAJNAGAR: Residents of Brajrajnagar have been in the grip of drinking water crisis for three days now. According to reports, Brajrajnagar municipal area requires about five million …
SAMBALPUR: Though Sambalpur town is located on the downstream of the Hirakud dam reservoir on the banks of the river Mahanadi, many parts of the town are facing acute water shortage over the last one week. Water level in the river has gone down and a breach has been made …
Records of hazardous waste generated by the unit were not maintained Hazardous waste was being produced during several steps in production of aluminium. Waste from pots, or vessels in which final chemical reaction to produce aluminium takes place, was found containing cyanide and fluoride beyond permissible limits Waste produced by …
SAMBALPUR: The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) has been in existence here for three years now but the District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Sambalpur district, has been able to provide 100 days of work to only 170 households against 1,33,154 job cards issued in the district. As per statistics …
SAMBALPUR: Notwithstanding numerous notices served by State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), aluminum producer Hindalco has failed to act on hazardous waste management. The wastes are reportedly generated by Hindalco
Damaged crops and helpless farmers. This is a common scene in the region every harvest season. Not only the elephants destroy hundreds of acres of standing paddy crops, but also cause widespread damage to houses in the locality. As per reports, at least 750 hectares of standing paddy crops have …
Sambalpur, Climate change is finally taking a toll on farmers, particularly the marginal ones, whose vegetable crops have been badly affected by the delayed onset of winter. Although winter sets in around Durga Puja every year, this year even after the end of Kartik Purnima, there is no sign of …
Wanton usage of forest land in the name of development has destroyed efforts towards community-led measures for protection and conservation in Orissa. The laxity in framing adequate environmental laws and the flouting of even the existing laws have had disastrous effects on the livelihoods of forestdwelling people in the state.
with the first spell of monsoon in mid-June people in Bargarh, Nuapada, Kalahandi and Sambalpur districts in Orissa experienced something they had never seen before: a grayish layer on leaves, vehicles and elsewhere.
