Bhubaneswar 4 Feb 2023: The Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) held a press conference in which the growing menace of Pangolin poaching and the inefficiency of the authorities to control it was highlighted.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Biswajit Mohanty, Project Director of the WPSI said that the Pangolin...
According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) rivers in country are getting polluted. 311 river streches on 279 rivers are critically polluted. Among this 7 from Odisha took place.
As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report of November 2022, 311 polluted river stretches have been identified on 279 rivers...
by Manish Kumar
Odisha plans to restart bauxite mining on the Mali hill in Koraput district but is facing resistance from local residents.
This resistance has been ongoing for two decades. Environment Clearance for mining on the hill was granted in 2006 but the project stopped functioning after 2014-15.
Bauxite...
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Bhubaneswar 21/08/2021; The row over the controversial Bhadrak Mega Drinking Water Supply Project is getting more dismaying and humiliating for both the Kendrapara district and state administration. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) on 21 August has levelled serious allegations of manipulation and forgery against the state government in...
By-Manish Kumar
Villages on the east coast of India have been impacted by erosion by the sea over the last few years, with some of them being completely engulfed by the sea as well.
In addition to recurring cyclones, human-made structures such as dams and ports have aggravated coastal...
By: Sonali Singh
Bhubaneswar, Dec 4: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) in its latest order has now given the Odisha government last chance to submit an Action Plan on notification of its proposed 14 Elephant Corridors.
This comes after the state government missed multiple deadlines to submit their Action Plan despite...
By Manish Kumar on 10 November 2020
Odisha and Chattisgarh host 71 percent of the elephant population from eastern zone of India.
As per reports, in last 6 years, 527 people have been killed by elephants in Odisha alone.
The states have been experimenting with seed balls, drones, alarm machines...
By Manish Kumar on 6 November 2020
During the recent auctions of coal blocks, close to 30,000 acres of land in Odisha was put for coal mining auctions.
Of the nine coal blocks put up for auction in Odisha, eight are in Angul district alone which is already facing ill...
By-Sahana Ghosh
Cyclone Nisarga hit the western coast of India on June 3. It comes close on the heels of cyclone Amphan that impacted the eastern coastal states in India.
The extreme weather events that have come to Maharashtra and West Bengal and their coastal capital cities, against the...
By-Soumya Sarkar
The trail of destruction left by Cyclone Amphan in eastern India has once again highlighted inadequacies in dealing with climate disasters that displace millions of people every year.
Despite improvements in early warning systems and disaster response infrastructure, India and other countries in South Asia are still...