Environment

Angul: The industrial district of Angul continues to be in the grip of pollution in natural resources like air, water and sound due to rapid industrialisation. Power, aluminium and steel…

Kendrapada: An environmental activist, who was on hunger strike for the last six days against the mega drinking water project over river Kharasrota in the district, was forced to break the…

New Delhi: Plastic products have long been an environmental hazard in India. Several states have banned plastic bans, but the implementation has been anything but perfect. On Friday,…

Bhubaneswar: In order to bring behavioral changes among youths towards the environment, the Bhubaneswar Smart City Limited (BSCL) took up plantation activities at several locations across…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha, which was once a haven for elephants, has turned into a graveyard for them of late. According to the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department, 862 elephants…

New Delhi: The world was put on “Code Red” alert on Monday to the threat from global warming, which is predicted to breach a 1.5C rise within decades, fuelling more floods, heatwaves,…

Bhubaneswar: The proposed coastal highway in Odisha, which has been hanging fire over environmental issues since 2015, has finally been cleared with necessary changes in the alignment.…

Bhubaneswar: After Similipal and Satkosia, the Odisha government is making efforts to get the tiger reserve status for Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada district. Briefing the media…

In a rare but worrying phenomenon, a lagoon in Argentina has turned bright pink. Environmental experts and activists have blamed it on pollution caused by a chemical which has been used…

The public works department (PWD) in Chhattisgarh is planning to an 8 km road from Taroud to Daihan in Balod district for which officials say that 2900 trees would have to be cut.…