Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Swarup Kumar Rath Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/05/2025. Additional Government Advocate appearing for the state of Odisha stated that the work of restoration of Suka Paika canal is almost nearing completion and is expected to be completed …
Grout material in recent years has made quantum advancement and researchers have made this material more application friendly. Grouts are finding increasing applications for checking seepage under dams and in repair work for old dams.
BHUBANESWAR: The inter-ministerial Central team on Friday hinted that the State is likely to get higher flood assistance this time than that in previous occasions. Describing the damages caused by the recent spate of floods in the State as ‘huge’ and ‘extensive’, team leader O P Mahey, Joint Secretary in …
Terming damages caused due to floods in Orissa as “huge” and “large-scale”, the Inter Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) on Friday said the State Government was likely to get higher amount of assistance this time in comparison to those following previous calamities. The IMCT leader and Joint Secretary in the Ministry …
In August, western Odisha was shut down 13 times to protest the state government’s decision to build three barrages on the Mahanadi river. They are meant to dam surplus water downstream of the Hirakud reservoir to generate 320 MW power, and, as recently announced, to irrigate farms. Not a single …
Farmer Prasanta Bhoi was getting ready for dinner when he heard a loud sound. It was that of water moving, and growing louder. “It became a roar, like that of a massive wave. Before I could react, I was swept off my feet by water that rose up to my …
The major flood in rivers Brahmani and Baitarani has affected more than 20 lakh people in 10 districts of Orissa while many areas in the worst-affected Jajpur district have remained cut off. Special Relief Commissioner's office said 17 persons died, mostly drowned, some of snakebite and in wall collapse — …
Bhubaneswar: People in 197 villages of three coastal districts of Odisha continued to remain marooned even as flood water receded in most places. The marooned population is being provided with relief materials including cooked food for the past seven days. The process will continue till water recedes, Special Relief Commissioner, …
A river regulation zone (RRZ) notification should be top priority for the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to stop annual flooding of rivers in the sub-continent. Manoj Misra, convenor of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan, has written to environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan highlighting the devastating floods in Mahanadi river system …
Sunita Narain Director General of CSE and editor of Down To Earth, an environmentalist pushing for changes in policies and practices and mindsets A monsoon warning As I write this my city Delhi is drowning. It started raining early this morning and within a few hours the city has come …
Each year, floods, to greater or lesser degree, affect about 7.5 million hectares in India, a little over two per cent of the country's surface area. What's more, over five times this area is considered prone to floods, caused when rivers breach their banks. But this year, and of late, …
There is no sign of floods abating in Odisha. In the space of a fortnight, the number of people affected by the deluge in the Mahanadi river, the state's largest riverine system, increased from one million to 2.2 million on September 13. Two-thirds of the state's 30 districts are affected. …
Even as 96 dams in Gujarat were put on high alert following heavy rainfall on the evening of September 11, many of them were full to their capacities, including the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam in Kevadia. At least 7,000 people were evacuated in August and September from different parts of …
There is no sign of floods abating in Odisha. In the space of a fortnight, the number of people affected by the deluge in the Mahanadi river, the state's largest riverine system, increased from one million to 2.2 million on September 13. Two-thirds of the state's 30 districts are affected.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday stepped up air-dropping of food packets as flood situation continued to be grim with Mahanadi river flowing above the danger mark in delta region, affecting 14 lakh people and snapping road links with about 1,000 villages. Flood in Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and Baitarani rivers …
The Orissa government on Sunday started airdropping of relief materials in the flood marooned in Puri district, even as the official death toll in the current high flood reached 16. Over a dozen people who were swept away in the strong current are yet to be traced. Sonepur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, …
BHUBANESWAR: Over a million people in at least 19 districts of Orissa have been hit by flood in the Mahanadi river systems which, with increased volume of water reaching the deltaic head of the State by Saturday night, was set to grip more and more areas in the downstream coastal …
Bhubaneswar: With 11 districts put on high alert for the possible high floods, particularly in the Mahanadi delta system, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday took stock of the situation at an emergency meeting at the State Secretariat here. Expressing grave concern over the situation, Patnaik asked the district collectors …
BHUBANESWAR: About 3,000 people were evacuated from the low-lying areas of Orissa after a huge discharge of water from the Hirakud Dam triggered fears of floods in 11 of the state's 30 districts, an official said Friday. According to reports, at least 1,600 people were moved from low-lying areas to …
Slap moratorium, revamp environmental clearance procedure A Pune-based think tank has called for an immediate moratorium on any further grant of environmental clearance for thermal power plants (TPPs). These include a 5,00,000-MW capacity awaiting environmental clearance, apart from plants which have reached the terms of reference (TOR) stage or are …
CUTTACK: The war over diversion of Mahanadi water to industries from Cuttack has assumed a new dimension with the Orissa High Court stepping in on Friday to issue a stay on the constructions on the river bed. The Division Bench of Justices BP Das and MM Das directed a halt …
