Orissa government withdraws elephant reserve plan
the Orissa government has withdrawn proposals to create two new elephant reserves in the state. Its proposals to create the South Orissa elephant reserve and the Baitarani elephant reserves under
the Orissa government has withdrawn proposals to create two new elephant reserves in the state. Its proposals to create the South Orissa elephant reserve and the Baitarani elephant reserves under
This essay contends that the economic liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG) model of development in India is virtually depriving the tribal people and other agriculture dependent poor people
Proceedings of the Public Hearing of M/S Vedanta Aluminium Limited for its expansion of Alumina Refinery from 1.0 MTPA to 6 .0 MTPA on 25.04.2009 at Village Belemba (Opposite Val Switch Yard), Lanjigarh, District Kalahandi.
M/s Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) proposes to expand the existing Alumina Refinery from 1 MMTPA to 6 MMTPA by adding capacity of 5 MMTPA. The expansion project will be setup within and adjacent to the premises of VAL in Lanjigarh, Orissa. The existing plant site is about 3.7-km (aerial distance) from Lanjigarh and the nearby villages are Kinari, Bandagruha,
orissa's green cover has shrunk by 1,420 square kilometre (sq km) in the last nine years, bringing down the total forest area from 59,555 sq km in 1990 to 58,135 sq km in 1999, forest
The Paroja Kondha tribe of southwest Orissa are waging a battle to save their forests and rivers from mining companies and a profit driven government
there are rumours that Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has been permitted to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa, by the Union ministry of environment and forests (m o ef). The company, with
At least 26 people are feared to have died due to starvation and dysentery in the last 21 days in Kupakhal in Maikanch Panchayat under Kasipur block in Rayagada
A team of doctors, which inquired into the starvation deaths in Kashipur block of Rayagada district in Orissa, has concluded that the deaths had been caused by food
At least 20 persons from five villages of Orissa's Rayagada district have died, highlighting Kashipur as the largest hunger zone to hog the limelight after Kalahandi and Bolangir. All these deaths
Even as most of Orissa is reeling under an unprecedented drought, the woes of people in districts like Ganjam, Gajpati and Rayagada are being compounded by the severe outbreak of diarrhoea caused by
The Centre virtually admitted that the starvation deaths among the very poor in Rayagada and Keonjhar districts of Orissa could be due to forced starvation on account of poverty. Officially, the
Agragamee, which means, "pioneer", is a group of activists and thinkers committed to working with marginalized and underprivileged communities in the tribal districts of Orissa, in India. Agragamee's efforts
Controversial Andhra project to divert river water
People of a village in Orissa wage a battle against mining companies to protect their lands
LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) will light 10,000 tribal homes in about 200 villages under Bandhugaon and Narayanpatna blocks of Koraput district, bordering Rayagada in Orissa. Situated near power hubs
There seems to be more hype than truth in the reports of hunger related deaths in Orissa. Undoubtedly, Pidikaka's death on August 29 in Gajakupalli village of Rayagada district of Orissa was shocking
The controversy over the setting up of a one-million tone alumina plant by a private company in Kashipur block of Rayagada district in Orissa has taken an ugly turn with police yesterday opening fir
Indusralisation is a must for development.But it is not easy to drive home this message in the backwaters of Kasipur in Rayagada district of Orissa. Nor is the current burning issue a simple one.
With the seven year-old anti-alumina plant agitation in Orissa's Rayagada district gathering momentum, with several veterans and organisations throwing their weight behind the agitating tribals,