Environment

Bhubaneswar: A special task force formed by the Odisha government to monitor forest fires in the state will visit the Similipal National Park in Mayurbhanj district on Tuesday. The…

Bhubaneswar: For the third consecutive day on Sunday, the state government claimed that the forest fire situation is totally contained and controlled even as a major fire broke out in the…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Saturday claimed that the forest fire in different parts of the state have been completely brought under control. The former Principal Chief…

Bhubaneswar: Even as the two-member team of experts from the Centre are camping in Similipal, the Odisha government on Friday said two days of rain in parts of the state has brought down the…

Rourkela: With the improvement in air pollution in Rourkela, the regional unit of Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has asked Sundargarh district administration to relax…

Bhubaneswar: The intensity and dimension of the forest fire in Odisha in the last two days have drastically come down, said the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) and chief of the…

Baripada: Forest department personnel, who are deployed at Similipal National Park in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district to douse the raging fires and save wildlife, trek 10 to 15 km through…

Cuttack: Even as forest fire in various parts of Odisha, particularly Similipal National Park, has raised concern with chief minister taking up the matter, a PIL was filed in the Orissa High…

Bhubaneswar: While the raging forest fires in several parts of Odisha has triggered a panic, the state Forest Department has said that they are a natural phenomenon and part of the…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government formed a special task force on Monday to bring the raging forest fires in the state under control. The nine-member task force is led by former PCCF…