UGC for compulsory environment studies
Bhubaneswar: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all universities to make environment studies a compulsory subject for undergraduate students of all branches. According to the directive
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
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Lens on Paradip plants for water pollution by gypsum
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) will conduct an impact assessment study in Paradip area to ascertain whether gypsum, which is primarily used to produce fertilizers, is causing water pollution
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80, 000 houses damaged in state
Preliminary assessment by the state government suggests at least 80,000 houses were damaged in the state under the impact of cyclone Hudhud. Standing crops suffered extensive loss in Gajapati and Koraput
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Malaria stings 60 Similipal Tiger Reserve staffers
The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district is scourged by malaria with 30% of its staff down with the fever. This has hit the routine watch and ward, including foot patrolling, in the sanctuary,
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12 Puri hotels face closure
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and the district administration will down shutters of 12 hotels along Puri beach on Thursday for violating pollution control norms. The hotels
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MoEF expert team to review implementation of forest Acts
BHUBANESWAR: An expert committee from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is scheduled to arrive here on Friday to examine implementation of central forest Acts in the state. During its three-day
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Displaced villagers plough HAL land
KORAPUT: Tension gripped Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) unit at Sunabeda in Koraput district as land losers forcibly ploughed around 50 acre on its premises on Monday. The agitators were demanding
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Green hurdle for National Waterway
Although the state government has targeted to operate the first phase of National Waterway-5 (NW-5), linking Dhamra-Paradip-Kalinga Nagar by 2017, delay in getting environment clearance for certain stretches
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8,000 schools without girls' toilets: Study
BHUBANESWAR: Of the 58,000 government-run schools in the state, more than 8,000 don't have toilets for girls while in another 12,500, the toilets are lying defunct, according to a recent report of the
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Pollution rap on 72 apartments and 10 education institutions
Seventy-two apartments and 10 educational institutions have come under the scanner of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) for discharging untreated wastewater. The pollution board will
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Inter-linking of rivers in limbo
Little progress has been made in the three inter-linking of river proposals, which aims to divert surplus water to deficit areas and reduce chances of flood. Official sources said the state government