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
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of M/s Pioneer Vs Orissa Pollution Control Board & Others dated 09/01/2018 regarding closure of a printing press
This study seeks to examine the energy-development context in Odisha to chalk out the state’s major energy challenges. In doing so, the study also examines the ongoing renewable energy initiatives, focusing
According to data from GARV2, 37 per cent of households in Odisha are unelectrified, even as over 98 per cent of villages in the state have been electrified. In districts such as Nabarangpur and Angul,
ROURKELA: TWO years after the Swachh Bharat campaign was launched and leaders vowed to rid the cities of all kinds of waste, the Steel City is sitting on plastic bomb. A substantial amount of harmful plastic
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday released a report on the Odisha Government's Action Plan on climate change to be implemented in the next five years. Optimistic that the action plan
The Odisha Economic Survey 2011-12 takes note of the efforts of the State Government to bring visible improvements in the state finances, to reduce Debt-GSDP ratio, to create fiscal space for higher plan
Kutrumali, Sijimali mines can supply bauxite to Vedanta refinery Ending years of uncertainty, the Odisha government has recommended to the Centre for allotment of two bauxite deposits, Kutrumali and
BHUBANESWAR: After threatening to flood the deltaic region, the Mahanadi river relented on Thursday as its peak discharge at Munduli stayed just about 11 lakh cusec, much below what coastal Odisha districts
While the ED is at present investigating all illegal mining cases in Odisha, this is the first such seizure made in the case. In a breakthrough in the Uliburu mining case, the Enforcement Directorate
The fate of South Korean major Posco Steel’s $12-billion project in Odisha hangs in balance with the central government’s new rules under which the company needs to acquire iron ore only through bidding
BHUBANESWAR: With the Centre giving the green signal to go ahead with the controversial Polavaram project, the state assembly constituted a house committee headed by speaker Niranjan Pujari to submit a
The state government has prepared an action plan for improvement of sanitation and hygiene during Nabakalebara in Puri. On May 11, the housing and urban development (H&UD) department sent the 22-page action
Children and youth have come together to install tri-colour community dustbins in slums of Berhampur of Odisha for proper segregation and disposal of solid wastes. Such an initiative has started in
To make Odisha an industrial state, the Naveen Patnaik government signed MoUs with 30 independent power producers (IPPs) to set up their units in the state since 2005. Eleven years on, only three IPPs
ROURKELA: In a major relief to hotels and restaurants in Rourkela, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reduced pollution compensation penalty, but directed the hotels to strictly adhere to air and water
Following tension among protesters and supporters to a proposed capacity expansion project of limestone mines of OCL India Limited, Rajgangpur, a public hearing meeting was postponed on Wednesday. The
All the lessees have been intimated to execute the supplementary lease deed within three months Odisha government has decided to extend the lease validity period of 18 iron and manganese ore mines which
The government of India has approved an allocation of Rs 184 crore for Odisha under 'Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India' (BGREI) for 2015-16. Of the agreed amount of Rs 184 crore, the Odisha government
Rough assessments put state's gross renewable energy potential at 53,820 Mw To tap the opportunity in the non-conventional sources of energy, the Odisha government plans to come out with a new policy
