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 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Madanmohan Rout Vs Nilakanteswar Dev & Others dated 05/12/2024. The matter related to encroachment of a water body, Chandan Polchari situated in village Gopinathpur, district Puri, Odisha. It was alleged that the water body has started …
This paper analyzes the impacts of extreme rainfall and resulting flooding on vulnerable households and small and medium-sized enterprises in Mumbai, Chennai, and Puri District in India. It provides insights into the diverse negative impacts experienced to support the development of policies and plans to address such effects.
This paper analyzes the impacts of extreme rainfall and resulting flooding on vulnerable households and small and medium-sized enterprises in Mumbai, Chennai, and Puri District in India. It provides insights into the diverse negative impacts experienced to support the development of policies and plans to address such effects.
The Odisha government has sought a long-term assistance of Rs 17,000 crore to combat natural calamities. The demand was made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to Narendra Modi on Monday as the Prime Minister conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-devastated Puri and Khurda districts. Patnaik urged the Centre to earmark …
The eastern zonal bench of the National Green Tribunal today passed several strictures to improve the environment of Puri. The strictures include imposing a stay on the ongoing construction at a railway holiday home and making rainwater harvesting mandatory in all government buildings in the seaside town. The bench comprising …
The Odisha government on Wednesday said it would check the sea erosion in Puri coast through natural process and avoid constructing any structure on the beach which will mar the beauty of the coast. "No structure will be constructed on the beach to reduce the erosion as it will affect …
Bhubaneswar: Experts from the Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai on Sunday advised the government to put in place geo-synthetic sand tubes along the Puri beach to protect its shoreline from erosion. The government had roped in experts following damage caused by marauding tides to a patch of the beach in …
Bhubaneswar: The electric chimney installed at Swargadwar in Puri has become defunct, increasing pollution at the sought-after crematorium. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), which had installed the chimney two years ago, found it defunct recently and asked the Puri municipality to make it operational. But, the municipality is …
Odisha human rights commission (OHRC) has expressed dissatisfaction as principal secretary of health and collectors of eight districts, which have been affected with dengue, have not submitted their report before the commission within stipulated time. The commission on July 8 had issued notices to collectors of Cuttack, Puri , Khurdha, …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on 10 hotels in Puri, under the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for violating pollution control norms. Sources linked to the state pollution watchdog said the hotels, which have been served closure notices, didn't have the …
Bhubaneswar: Union minister of state for health and family welfare, Faggan Singh Kulaste on Saturday criticized the Naveen Patnaik-led government for not doing enough to prevent dengue outbreak in the state even as 106 more people tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease in last 24 hours. Total number of cases …
Chilika Lake — the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and one of India’s 26 sites included in the Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance — is facing threats to its existence because of increasing human interferences, including large-scale cutting down of forests that guard the lake against high …
The Chief Secretary, the Puri DFO, the Idco and the OTDC have sought more times to submit a detailed report at the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on stopping of construction and tree felling in Puri for the Shamuka project. The officials on August 21 submitted their affidavits before the NGT …
BHUBANESWAR: Though heat wave condition eased out across Odisha, Bhubaneswar, which recorded 40.3 degree Celsius, remained the hottest city in the State on Thursday. Meanwhile, the toll due to sunstroke climbed to 30 in the State. The IMD has predicted heavy rainfall at one or two places over north Odisha …
An expert committee on Tuesday examined the scientific chimney at Swargadwar (crematorium) in Puri and asked the civic body to operationalize it soon. The committee was constituted after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on May 5 came down heavily on the state government for not putting the chimney to use. …
BHUBANESWAR: The mercury went up a couple of notches across the state on Monday, with no respite in sight for at least in a week. Angul recorded the maximum temperature at 47°C, the highest in more than a decade, said a senior officer at IMD centre here. Even the state …
Puri: Out of total 8,145 existing tube wells in Puri, water of as many as 2,168 have been tested contaminated. The tests were done in the wake of the jaundice outbreak in the town. It was revealed at a review meeting held at Puri under chairmanship of Housing and Urban …
Amid growing concern over increasing incidence of diabetes, the state government has decided to screen around 46 lakh people in 10 districts this year. These are Cuttack, Puri, Ganjam, Khurda, Sambalpur, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj, Kalahandi, Sundargarh and Angul. Health minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said people above 30 years will be screened …
BHUBANESWAR: Notwithstanding a state government directive of June 25, 2013, against setting up brick kilns on river beds, 23 such units were found operating in Khurda and Puri districts. Since such activities lead to soil erosion, the government had asked the collectors to ban them. The Odisha State Pollution Control …
Urging all the stakeholders to come forward and join hands to create a disaster-resilient Odisha, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday said that in the aftermath of the Cyclone Phailin last year the Union Government and the World Bank have agreed to finance construction of 30,000 disaster-resistant houses from the …
