Environment

Sambalpur: Plans are afoot to launch a massive plantation drive in the western Odisha city of Sambalpur to increase green cover along the ring road and beautify the area. A proposal to…

Bhubaneswar:  Noting that green cover and forest density in Odisha increased in last 20 years, Chief Secretary S C Mahapatra on Wednesday advocated a three-pronged approach involving…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Union Government to convene a meeting of all the stakeholders, including Odisha, to discuss and resolve the issues relating to the Polavaram…

Bhubaneswar: An expert committee of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has voiced apprehension that reclamation of 426 acres of Mahanadi riverbed may pose threat to the Jobra barrage and…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has worked out plans for spending a whopping Rs 2.45 lakh crore over a period of ten years for climate adaptation and mitigation activities in key sectors,…

Bhubaneswar: A high-level committee will be formed by the Union Environment Ministry to probe deaths caused due to human-elephant conflicts in Odisha and Jharkhand, sources said. The…

Bhubaneswar: Adopting a new scientific method, Odisha’s Forest Department has plans to conduct DNA profiling of elephants in the state as part of the elephant census 2022 in order to achieve…

On the occasion of Nature Conservation Day (July 28), it's apt to discuss the plastic menace. Regulating use of polythene was not new. Prior to July 1, 2022, such regulations were tried…

Good things are happening in India as shops are moving towards a polythene-free regime. Switching to alternate bags is also adding value to the products as they get further used. We must…

Jajpur: JSW Utkal Steel Limited (JUSL) has embarked on mission environment conservation, in association with Keonjhar Forest Division, Government of Odisha, whereby trees are being relocated…