Green board seals Visa Steel plant
KENDRAPADA: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) with the help of the Jajpur district administration on Monday sealed the Visa Steel plant in the industrial hub of Kalinganagar. The plant was
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Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding environment clearance (EC) granted to Lower Suktel Project, Bolangir, Odisha, 01/06/2016
<p>Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Satyanarayan Banchhor & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 01/06/2016 regarding the validity of Environmental
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Illegal Stone Mining Continues Unabated
Illegal stone quarrying continues unabated in Sundargarh district posing environmental hazards and causing loss to the State exchequer. Administrative sources said there are 118 stone quarries in the
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Govt plans Rs 65,000-crore project to reduce greenhouse gases from agriculture
India is set to roll out its most integrated programme yet to cut greenhouse gases from agriculture. The project is primarily aimed at protecting the country’s five biggest vulnerable ecological landscapes,
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Elephant population goes up marginally
Despite natural habitats of elephants gradually getting shrunk in Odisha over the years, the elephant population was found to have increased marginally to 1,954 this year from 1930 in 2012. As per Odisha’s
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Monsoon Blues: Rainfall Deficit in 12 Districts
The south-west monsoon has started showing the El Nino impact. With rains vanishing, at least 12 districts of Odisha have reported deficit rainfall in the first month itself, notwithstanding the overall
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Fly ash management in India: a critique of existing and proposed frameworks
On 22.04.2021, India’s Environment Ministry published a Draft Fly Ash Notification, which was open for public comments for 60 days and sought to replace the earlier notifications with respect to fly ash
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Odisha Fisheries Policy, 2015
Odisha state cabinet approved ‘Fisheries Policy, 2015’, with an objective to increase the productivity and production of fish from island, marine and brackishwater resources. As per the Odisha Fisheries
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Proceedings of the Sitting taken by Dr. Rameshwar Oraon, Chairperson, NCST on 17.10.2016 in the matter of repesentation of Lachhu Oram and other persons displaced for establishment of Rourkela Steel Plant
Representations were received by the Commission from Lachhu Oram and others from Sundergarh District of Odisha, who pray for justice as after acquisition of their land, for establishment of Rourkela Steel
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CEC pulls up Goa govt on inaction on Shah report
The Coordination-cum-Empowered Committee (CEC) under the Ministry of Mines has pulled up the governments of Goa, Odisha and Jharkhand for delaying ATRs (action taken reports) on what steps they have taken
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Naveen launches Star Rating program for Industries to cut pollution
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to cut pollution in the state, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today launched a Star Rating system for industries— a first-of-its-kind transparency initiative which will categorise
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Renal Failure Scare in Ganjam Village
BERHAMPUR: The claims of the Central and State Governments notwithstanding, safe drinking water remains a distant dream for many in Ganjam district. A case in point is Ekagharia village under Jagannathprasad
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Odisha Mining Corporation to move NGT for fresh bid on Niyamgiri mining
Gram sabhas held in 12 villages in Jul-Aug 2013 as per an order of the SC had unanimously voted against the project State-run mining company Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) is making a renewed attempt
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Tribal boy writes to PM Modi as Japanese Encephalitis toll mounts to 73 in Malkangiri
As 73 children died in the outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis at 505 villages in the tribal-dominated Malkangiri district in Odisha, a 10-year-old boy's letter to the Prime Minister fervently appealing
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Supreme Court vacates Orissa HC stay on solar safeguard duty
Clearing the way for the imposition of safeguard duty on solar cell imports, the Supreme Court on Monday vacated a stay by the Orissa High Court. Clearing the way for the imposition of safeguard duty
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Solar lighting for rural roads on the anvil
ROURKELA: With rural power supply remaining highly erratic and stress on generation of conventional energy increasing, Sundargarh district administration will cover villages with solar street lighting
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Odisha wants Sasubohumali bauxite mines for OMC
The Sasubohumali bauxite mine in Rayagada district has an estimated reserve of 81 million tonne bauxite After securing the Karlapat bauxite mine in favour of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the state
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Dengue cases on the rise in Bhubaneswar
BHUBANESWAR: Dengue positive cases are on the rise in the capital city. Though the state government claims that it takes several measures to control dengue disease, positive cases have crossed 650 mark
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NGT directs Odisha govt to stop activities in eco-sensitive areas
BHUBANESWAR: National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government not to carry out any activities like human settlements, construction of roads, railway line, electric lines, canal and mining
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Cotton is king as state readies to say goodbye to plastic bags
BHUBANESWAR: The drive against the use of plastic and polythene carry-bags has gathered steam. With the state government planning to prohibit the use of plastic across five cities on October 2, many organizations