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 …
BALASORE: Even as the flood waters have receded in northern parts of Balasore, erosion of river embankments has left people scared. Banks of rivers at many places have eroded due to lack of maintenance and appropriate measures to protect them. Sources said massive erosion of the embankments of Subarnarekha has …
BHUBANESWAR/BALASORE: Several rivers in northern Orissa were in spate on Saturday following incessant rains as two persons were swept away by Baitarani river in Keonjhar district. A man and his son went missing while crossing Baitarani near Satahalia village. A search operation was launched to trace them. Several areas of …
Jamshedpur, March 23: The Subernarekha is unlikely to be rid of water hyacinths anytime soon with the authorities at Chandil Dam turning down Tata Steel
Jamshedpur, Feb. 15: The green carpet between Domuhani and Mango bridge is what is left of the Subernarekha river in Jamshedpur. Thanks to poor monsoon last year and administrative apathy of many years
Jamshedpur, Nov. 19: The lifeline of Singhbhum has been poisoned. A recent study, carried out by Analytical and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, which is accredited to the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB), has declared Subernarekha
Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) guidelines to protect Subernarekha from immersion hazards were once again blatantly ignored in the steel city. A maiden survey conducted by the JSPCB
Jamshedpur, Oct. 5: After around two decades, Jharkhand can look forward to complete the much-awaited canal under its ambitious Subernerakha Multipurpose Project, which cuts across Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Members of the state wildlife board, a statutory body that looks after matters related to wildlife and conservation, will meet in the …
Ranchi, July 28: In a landmark decision, the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board today ordered Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC), Ranchi, to shut down its foundry forge plant
Jamshedpur, July 14: Deputy commissioner of Seraikela-Kharsawan Gauri Prasad Sinha today directed the Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) authorities to speed up the process of paying compensation to the villagers who have been displaced following the closure of Chandil dam
The Chandil dam in Seraikela-Kharsawan Jamshedpur, June 15: Ever since authorities announced that the radial gates of Chandil dam would be closed from June 30, submerging about 50 villages in the process, panic-stricken residents of Chandil and Ichagarh block in Seraikela-Kharsawan district have been mobilising support to thwart the move. …
Jamshedpur, June 1: Concerned over the rising level of air and water pollution, the Damodar Bachao Andolan Evam Jal Jagrukta Abhiyan would stage a massive dharna in front of the headquarters of Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) in Ranchi on June 5 coinciding with World Environment Day. Senior BJP …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Flood Control Board today approved projects worth Rs 2,850.83 crore to contain floods and create more irrigation potential for the farmers. The projects approved at the meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik include the Salandi Sanskara Project, Bramhani-Kelua-Birupa Doab projects and 121 other small projects. …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has plans to set up 17 more reservoirs as a flood control measure. At present there 8 large and 37 medium reservoirs in the State on different river systems. Besides, work on 18 more projects are on. The projects on river Mahanadi which are on progress …
A strongly-worded letter from the Orissa chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, to the governor, Syed Sibtey Razi, on inordinate delays plaguing the ambitious Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP), despite the neighbouring state spending a whopping over Rs 545 crore over the last three decades, has activated the Jharkhand administration. The state development …
Jamshedpur, Jan. 27: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to serve notices to three civic bodies for polluting river Subernarekha, considered the lifeline of Singhbhum. Senior officials said that the decision was taken following a survey that revealed how untreated sewage water was being released into the …
BHUBANESWAR: The main canals of the Subarnarekha multi-purpose irrigation project on both sides of Orissa and Jharkhand nearing completion, the State Government is hopeful of receiving water for irrigation from the project by the end of this year. After a three-day visit to various project sites of the inter-state irrigation …
