Compliance affidavit by Tahasildar, Jaleswar, District Balasore dated April 22, 2025 in the matter of news item titled "Odisha erection of sand walls in Subarnarekha worries villagers in Jaleswar" which appeared in the New Indian Express dated May 16, 2024. The matter related to erecting of walls in the Subarnarekha …
A slag-choked Subernarekha may hope to breathe easy sometime soon. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) — possibly chastised by a CAG report on Jharkhand’s poor conservation of rivers — has served a 15-day deadline to steel wire manufacturer Usha Martin, asking it to state measures taken to check …
Chief minister Arjun Munda on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 6-crore rural drinking water project at Manpur village, Baharagora block in East Singhbhum, about 100 kilometres from Jamshedpur, signalling his government’s commitment to the hinterland. Accompanied by deputy chief minister Hemant Soren and Bahragora MLA Vidyut Barun …
A number of public and private sector enterprises have put the state in a legal fix by refusing to cough up water tariffs that have been imposed by the government. At a review meet held in the state capital yesterday, officials found out that both the Hatia and Chakradharpur divisions …
Garbage from Adityapur has found a new address — the banks of Kharkai, which is one of the major tributaries of Singhbhum’s lifeline Subernarekha. Two truckloads of domestic waste, equivalent to 400 cubic feet, are being emptied on the waterfront every day, turning the erstwhile oasis into an eyesore and …
Ranchi, Jan. 15: A first-ever water pollution audit carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pegged Jharkhand at the bottom of the performance chart with most river conservation projects lying incomplete in the state. According to the report, Performance Audit of Water Pollution in India, the Ganga, …
Bhubaneswar: The proposed all-weather multipurpose port near the Subarnarekha river mouth in Balasore district has received environmental clearance of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The project is to be developed by Chennai-based Creative Port Development Limited (CPDL), and a company has been …
puzzled crusaders collect river samples for tests, JSPCB ‘ignorant’ and unfazed. It may look like the surf’s up in Subernarekha. But environmentalists are anything but enchanted by the extraordinary appearance of the river that has earned its charming name from erstwhile gold deposits near its origin in Piska, Ranchi. Gallons …
Encouraged by the positive signals he received from Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh in Delhi today, deputy chief minister Sudesh Mahto will visit the national capital again on October 22, this time to meet Union water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. During his meeting …
Ranchi, Oct. 16: Rural development department officials are likely to pitch for the construction of around 1,845 new roads in the hinterlands of Jharkhand during their meeting with Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, scheduled for October 17. The proposal, which will be formally made by deputy chief minister Sudesh …
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 …
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 …
Ranchi, Sept. 28: The Jharkhand and Bengal governments have agreed to set up a joint committee to monitor the release of Subernarekha and Kharkai waters and minimise flood threats. The Bengal government is also ready to pay its share of funds, around Rs 19.5 crore, for the interstate Subernarekha Multipurpose …
BALASORE: The district administration has sought a total assistance of `170 crore for repair and restoration works in the district. In its flood damage report, submitted in two phases to the State Government, the administration informed that the district incurred heavy loss in rural development, public works and irrigation sectors. …
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 …
Munda mulls dam request to Orissa CM, heavy rain destroys medical records at government hospital Jamshedpur, Aug. 14: A fevered East Singhbhum has switched into serious combat mode to keep a host of monsoon maladies at bay. Already in the malignant grip of vectors spreading chikungunya and dengue, the district …
Ranchi, Aug. 1: Jharkhand High Court today directed East Singhbhum deputy commissioner to probe into the alleged dumping of slag by Tata Steel in Kharkai and Subernarekha rivers in Jamshedpur. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Prakash Tatia and Justice H.C. Mishra were hearing a public interest litigation on …
BARIPADA: Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh Rana, also known as the Waterman of India, will launch a mass movement against river-linking projects in the State on Tuesday at Rangmatia village under Rasgovindpur block in Mayurbhanj district. The movement will apprise the locals on environmental impact of the proposed project to …
The floods showed no signs of abating in Ghatal, Sabang, Daspur, Pingla and Dantan blocks of West Midnapore with the Subarnarekha, Kapaleswari, Keleghai and Silabati rivers in spate. Though the water level of Silabati river is receding very slowly, there is bad news for Ghatal as the Rupnarayan is in …
Jamshedpur, July 5: The forest department is trying to rope in public sector enterprises to conserve forestland and thus promote eco-tourism. Sanjeev Kumar, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Dhalbhum, today convened a meeting with representatives of Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and Jharkhand State …
