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 …
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday urged people not to get scared while reiterating that all preparations were ready to meet any eventuality that might arise due to a cyclonic storm likely to hit the State on October 12. “I reviewed the possible cyclonic storm situation with all the concerned …
Even as mushrooming brick kilns in the State has generated huge environmental concern, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has directed its Special Rapporteur to examine the gravity of the situation in Puri district. The Special Rapporteur, Damodar Sarangi, has been asked to visit the district and make an on …
5,312 villages affected The death toll in the current flood and heavy rains in Orissa climbed to 45 on Sunday with reports of seven more people perishing in the natural disaster received from various flood-hit areas. Similarly, the total number of people affected in the state rose to nearly 33 …
BHUBANESWAR: After threatening to flood the deltaic region, the Mahanadi river relented on Thursday as its peak discharge at Munduli stayed just about 11 lakh cusec, much below what coastal Odisha districts were dreading. The water flow fell further during the day to 10.34 lakh cusec and the State Government …
Odisha added yet another chapter in its health care service with introduction of Urban Health Mission, which among other things will stress on reproductive and child health programmes as well as communicable and non-communicable diseases. Chief minister Mr Naveen Patnaik formally launched the programme, which will be implemented in all …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the principal secretary, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha, the chief executive officer and the executive engineer of Puri Municipality to appear before it personally on March 14 to explain why adequate attention is not being paid to pollution and ecological …
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 2.25 crore for conservation of blackbucks and freshwater turtles under a state plan scheme of wildlife conservation and protection. The wildlife wing will implement it, said sources. "The conservation of blackbucks would include securing their habitat. Mainly, we want to keep their population intact …
The 480-km coastline of Odisha continues to battle sanitation issues with the mechanised cleaning proposal of the Tourism Department yet to take off. Although the Department has been toying with the idea of mechanised cleaning of beaches for over last one year, it has not been able to take a …
Concerned over alarming levels of pollution around the famous Sri Jagannath Temple in Odisha, the National Green Tribunal today directed the authorities there to take appropriate steps to restore the environment as well to prevent its degradation any further. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar took note …
According to the report submitted to State Government by District Magistrate on Monday, over 17 lakh people belonging to 1,706 villages were affected and 1,05,000 houses have been damaged in the cyclone. This apart, crops in 1,37,000 hectares of land were damaged. Following Phailin, nine gram panchayats of Kanas block …
Chilika, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, has borne the brunt of Phailin with its shoreline plantation shattered by strong gale and tidal surge. Although a proper survey is yet to be conducted by the Forest Department to assess the loss, eye estimate reports said devastation of Chilika’s beautiful shoreline plantation …
Eight million people affected, 17 lives lost; Ganjam bears brunt of cyclone Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged 80 per …
Over 1.26 crore people suffer as storm hits transport, power lines Seventeen persons were killed as the very severe cyclonic storm, Phailin, hit the Odisha coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district late on Saturday evening, Special Relief Commissioner P.K. Mohapatra said on Sunday. More than 1.26 crore people were hit …
The severe cyclonic storm Phailin over east central Bay of Bengal on Friday further intensified and is all set to make a landfall close to Gopalpur in Odisha at a wind speed of at least 205 kmph tomorrow. "The very severe cyclonic storm, PHAILIN over east central Bay of Bengal …
Cyclone Phailin with a wind speed of 220km per hour is turning into a super cyclone before making landfall on Saturday evening near Gopalpur in Odisha where the government has galvanized its machinery to deal with its impact and is evacuating thousands of people from low-lying areas. "The US Navy …
State decided against renewing lapsed MoU of Essar Power due to lack of initiative shown by company in pushing ahead its project NHPC-hydro power producer Peeved over the inordinate delay in implementation of their power projects, the state energy department has decided to scrap memorandum of understanding (MoUs) signed with …
As many as 177 students of Gopinathpur UG ME School at Jadupur village in Puri's Brahmagiri fell ill on Tuesday after taking iron supplements. They were taken to the nearest health centre at Rebena Nuagaon and later shifted to Puri district headquarters hospital. "Most of the students have been discharged. …
The principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), on Monday, issued bailable arrest warrants against the principal secretary, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha, the minister-in-charge, department of environment and forests, Government of Odisha and the director general, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), for not appearing before …
The Accountant General (AG) office at Bhubaneswar has suggested that the companies being provided land by the state-owned agency, Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco) should take the construction-linked mortgage route to raise loans instead of resorting to mortgage of the allotted land. "Instead of blanket mortgage of land, …
Environment activist SubhasDatta has moved the National Green Tribunal on pollution at Puri, eastern India's biggest pilgrimage and tourist site. The town with a population of about 2 lakh and rudimentary civic and other support infrastructure, caters to more than 1.5 million tourists. In the petition made on April 5, …
