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: After Posco and Vedanta, fate of three mega thermal power projects of the State hangs in balance as the Ministry of Environment and Forest continues to take a tough stand on the issue of granting statutory clearance for mining coal from the allotted blocks. Union Minister of State for …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today made a strong plea for granting environmental clearance for mining from the two coal blocks allotted to the Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) in Sundargarh district. On a four-day visit to Delhi, the Chief Minister called upon Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and discussed …
ROURKELA: The fast depleting forest cover has dealt a blow to the environmentally fragile Sundargarh district with the industrial city of Rourkela becoming the epicentre of ecological imbalance. Mindless felling of trees amid little compensatory plantation has only added to the problem. The last two decades have witnessed additions to …
ROURKELA: Infant and maternal mortality rates in the tribal-dominated Sundargarh district have been witnessing a remarkable drop. The change has been possible with ASHA workers taking health facilities to remote pockets of the district. Official sources said the district has recorded infant mortality rate (IMR) at less than 35 per …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is on collision course with the Centre on the conditional clearance to the proposed ultra-mega power project (UMPP) by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) at the cost of two other projects. Peeved over the MoEF
BHUBANESWAR: Speakers at a workshop here were unanimous on the need to identify and incubate innovative options for providing sustainable livelihoods to the rural poor. Inaugurating the workshop on Scouting and upscaling livelihoods innovations in Orissa, Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik emphasised on innovative practices to solve social problems. One …
A blanket of smog envelopes Kuarmunda and Bonai subdivisions of Odisha’s Sundargarh district every morning. Area residents attribute it to emissions from sponge iron factories nearby that switch off their emission control devices—electrostatic precipitators (ESPs)—at night. The reason these factories get away with such offences is weak rules and weaker …
The Naveen Patnaik government is facing court strictures and opposition criticism for irregularities in grant of mining leases. WHEN Naveen Patnaik stepped into his father Biju Patnaik's shoes and donned the mantle of leadership of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to become the Chief Minister of Orissa for the first …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is pressing the Centre to bring all the mines in the State under the control of Director-General of Mines Safety, Bhubaneswar. The issue assumes importance as mines in the three districts of Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh are still under the control of the Director-General of Mines …
Indu Bhan The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from South Korean steel major Posco, the Centre, the Orissa government and others on three cross-appeals challenging the Orissa High Court order that quashed the state government
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered that status quo be maintained on the Orissa High Court judgment cancelling the State's decision to grant prospective iron ore mining licence to the South Korean steel major, Posco, over the Kandadhar mines.A Bench of Justices R.V. Raveendran and A.K. …
Bhubaneshwar, Dec. 6: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre, Orissa government and Posco on the petition filed by Geomin Minerals and Marketing Limited , a mine and mineral company, challenging the Orissa High Court order quashing the notification issued by the state government for grant of …
State-owned National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has chalked out plans to enter the power business through the special purpose vehicle (SPV) route. The company plans to produce over 2,000 Mw by 2016. Once equity investment in its power business starts, Nalco will hive off the business into an SPV named Nalco …
An instance of how official negligence deprived tribal farmers of irrigation facilities for nine years in Sundargarh district has come to light. Even though the State Government claimed that the irrigation project in question has been completed and ready for providing irrigation from 2009-10 kharif, the CAG in its latest …
