Affidavit by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Sisir Kumar Panda Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/05/2025. The issue pertained to the removal of illegal construction/obstruction caused by the state authorities as well as the private persons in the ecological sensitive zone …
BERHAMPUR: Olive Ridleys started mass nesting on Rushikulya rookery last night. These turtles have been nesting on the coastline for the past few days. On Sunday night over 5,000 Olive Ridleys came out of the sea to lay their eggs, hinting at the possibility that mass nesting of the turtles …
BHUBANESWAR: State Government has decided to spend Rs 30 crore to improve the water supply system in Berhampur town. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today. Longterm and short-term action plan for supplying water to the city were discussed …
BHUBANESWAR: Three World Bank-aided National Highway projects worth over Rs 400 crore are facing undue delay despite warning from the Bank in project execution. Contract for widening and strengthening of 41-km stretch road from Taptapani to Berhampur was awarded in May last year while two other packages - 95-km long …
BHUBANESWAR: Three World Bank-assisted infrastructure projects worth over Rs 400 crore have remained a non-starter even after a year of awarding of contracts due to lack of cooperation from the Government. The World Bank sanctioned loan for widening and strengthening of three roads under the Orissa State Road Project. Tenders …
BERHAMPUR: After being put on the backburner for decades, the Cheligada irrigation project in Ganjam district has finally been put on fast-track by the Government. The project will irrigate lands in Ganjam and Gajapati districts, supply drinking water to Berhampur city and generate power. As part of the project, the …
BERHAMPUR: Locals have threatened to stage an agitation if no adequate measures are taken to check the possible radiation from the proposed titanium plant at Chandrapada near Chatrapur. At a meeting organised on the 15th foundation day of Gana Sangram Samiti at Palialaxmipur presided over by D.Kamraju Burma, the speakers …
BERHAMPUR: Water scarcity is a perennial problem for Berhampur people despite huge budgetary allocation for a number of water projects under the State and the Central Government schemes. The city, with over four lakh population, requires 49 million litres (ML) of water on a daily basis. According to official sources, …
Sisir Panigrahy BERHAMPUR: Come summer and the water pouches business springs to life in the Silk City. With the mercury touching 40 degrees Celsius in the district and sunstroke-related incidents on the rise, people prefer not to take risk while out in the open. The pouches, available at Re 1, …
BERHAMPUR: With the death of a woman, the death toll in unknown disease in Royalpata village in Kasipur block of Rayagada district rose to seven. The disease broke out 13 days back. Another six persons are battling for life while scores of others are suffering from the disease. The village …
BERHAMPUR: More than 10,000 families in Philippines earn their daily bread through seaweed farming. Seaweed cultivation can reap similar fruits in the coastal district of Ganjam where a large population, along the coasts, depends on fishing and its related activities. To achieve this target in India, Science and Society Division, …
BEHRAMPORE, Jan. 22: A raintree at the heart of Behrampore town was saved from being cut down today by green activists Jatiya Sabuj Bahini and Paschimbango Biggyan Mancho, helped by students from Maharani Kashi Sheri Girl's School and KM College School, who were led by their teachers in the protest. …
Staff Reporter BERHAMPUR: Members of the Niyamgiri Bachao Samity (NBS) on Sunday held a meeting at Sakata under Muniguda block in Rayagada district to plan their future plans to oppose mining in the Niyamgiri hills in south Orissa. Around 1,000 delegates from villages to be affected by proposed mining in …
For the past three years Orissa coast has been experiencing severe erosion due to choppy sea. To ascertain the reasons behind erosion as well as draw up possible mitigation measures, marine experts of National Institute of Oceanography conducted surveys in the affected areas. While in the previous years Gopalpur and …
BERHAMPUR: Health officials are camping in remote villages in Patrapur block following detection of presence of Vibrio bacteria in blood samples of patients suffering from diarrhoea. As many as 28 persons, including eight children, have died of diarrhoea and hundreds affected by the disease in the block. Though health officials …
BERHAMPORE : One look at their diseased hands and feet and the fact that the country has been Independent for the last 60 years seems doubtful. Women in some villages of Murshidabad are doomed to a life without a family of their own, as no one will marry them. Even …
not since 1942 has Orissa witnessed a cyclone of this magnitude. On October 18, a devastating cyclone ripped through one of the state's largest cities, Berhampur in Ganjam district, and adjoining districts leaving a trail of destruction. At the last count around 100 people, including many children, had died and …
