E-cigarettes, e-hookah banned in State
The State Government has now banned e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) like e-Sheesha, e-hookah and heat-not-burn tobacco device. The Government issued a notification
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
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Jajpur tribals walk miles only to get polluted water
Tribal villages of Sukinda block and Badachana block in Jajpur district are facing acute water scarcity since the month of April. Since temperature is going up, the problem will be compounded. The villages
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Uttarakhand clears its position in SC
The State presented its position regarding the construction of hydro-power projects in Uttarakhand at the Supreme Court. Stating this during an informal interaction with the media at the Bijapur guest
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Water scarcity grips coal-rich Belpahar
The coal-rich Belpahar town is facing acute water shortage. A few deep bore wells and tubewells provided by the Belpahar Municipality earlier have been the only means of drinking water for the water stressed
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Wells, ponds dry up: K’handi water crisis turns severe
The residents of Bhawanipatna town and its surrounding areas in Kalahandi district are facing acute water shortage. Most of the tube wells and hand pumps in the area have dried up due to decreasing
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Posco mining linkage issue in Centre’s court: State
Even as uncertainty continues to prevail over the fate of Posco’s mega steel project near Paradip, the State Government has maintained that the ball is in the Centre’s court with regard to raw material
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Pipe water supply from Mahanadi, Brahmani rivers demanded
As both surface and ground water of large parts of Angul and Dhenkanal district is polluted due to coalmines, power plants, aluminium and steel industries, concerned citizens, social activists, lawyers
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Half of nations to face water stress by 2025
The World Water Day-205 with the theme ‘Water and Sustainable Development’ was observed at the Mission Shakti conference hall here on Sunday. Presiding over the meeting, Executive Engineer and Member-Secretary
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Irrigation, drinking water supply hit in Angul, D’nal
The Mahanadi and the Brahmani rivers flow around 250 km in Angul and Dhenkanal district. Here, the Government allocated as much as 1,028.039 cusec of water to total 26 industries where as only 11.38 cusec
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MLAs bat for sub-panel on renewable energy
A delegation of 15 MLAs cutting across party lines recently met Speaker Niranjan Pujari and urged him to set up a sub-committee on renewable energy under the House Committee of Power Generation, Transmission
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1,194 animals died in State forests in 6 yrs
Though there has been an increase of 1,492 sqkm in State’s covered forest area since 2009, the State has recorded death of as many as 1,194 wild animals over the same period due to various reasons with