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Sambalpur: With the legal immunity from the Union government and the state government, the local administration in the Sambalpur district of Odisha is now on a spree to destroy the forest cover spread over more than 1000 hectares to pave way for mining activities at Talabira region.
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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 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, Jan 23: A recent ranking of industries by the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on the levels of pollution control measures undertaken by them in the state claims that more than half of the industries in the state are laggard in managing pollution emanating from...
By-Manish Kumar
Public health experts advocate for a long term study to understand the impact on the health of people, water bodies and plants after a gas leak on from an industrial plant in Visakhapatnam on May 7 claimed the lives of at least 12 people.
Preliminary investigations have...
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
Over a span of few days, thousands of trees from the forests around Talabira area in Odisha’s Sambalpur region have been cut down for a coal mining project.
While villagers and local environmentalists claim that more than 40,000 trees have been cut, the local officials claim the...
By-Sonali Singh
Balasore, Dec 25: Odisha is said to have been gifted with immense natural beauty. The long coastline, mountains, greenery and cultural heritage reckons the ancestry of the eastern state. However, with the rapid industrialization many of the natural resources and natural ecosystems are slowing been destructed to pave...
By-Sahana Ghosh
Women in a migrant fishing community in Odisha have created a resilience fund to shield themselves from disasters in the aftermath of cyclone Fani.
Parts along the Odisha coast are vulnerable to cyclones, erosion and sea-level rise.
Mapping resilience of women-led households and learning from their behaviour...
By- Mayank Aggarwal
Severe protests from the villagers had led to the South Korean steel major POSCO abandoning its project in Odisha involving Rs 500 billion (Rs 50,000 crore) worth of investment. The forest clearance to the project was transferred last year to JSW Utkal Steel Limited.
However, the people...