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Entire Villages In Odisha Getting Washed Away Due To Rising Sea Level, Warn Experts…
Bhubaneswar: Experts have warned that climate change has already started to have a vicious impact on humanity calling for urgent measures to arrest and reverse the trend. Human activities…
Similipal Forest Fire: Odisha Govt’s Task Force To Meet Locals Tomorrow
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…
For Third Day, Odisha Govt Claims Forest Fire Totally Contained
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…
Forest Fire In Odisha Brought Under Control Completely: Task Force Head
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…
Rain Brings Down Daily Forest Fire Alerts To 700 In Odisha
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…
Admin Asked To Relax Restrictions As Pollution Level Recedes In Odisha’s Rourkela
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…
Forest Fire In Odisha Brought Down By 52% In 2 Days: PCCF
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…
Uphill Task: Know Methods Used To Douse Similipal Forest Fire In Odisha
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…
Forest Fire: PIL Filed In High Court Against Odisha Govt’s Inaction
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…
Odisha Forest Fires Part Of Ecosystem, Says Top Official
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…