Fresh cases of dengue in Rayagada
Koraput: The administration claims that preventive measures are being taken to contain dengue but the fresh cases of the disease reported from Biranarayanpur village in Rayagada district on Saturday proves
Rayagada (D)
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Drinking water crisis deepens, logistics coming in the way
BHUBANESWAR: While the soaring mercury has made people
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Proceeding of the public hearing of M/S Vedanta Aluminium Limited for its expansion of alumina refinery
<style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> </style><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; page-break-before: always;">Proceeding of the public hearing of M/S Vedanta Aluminium limited for its expansion of alumina refinery from 1.0 mtpa to 6 .0 mtpa on 25.04.2009 at 10 a.m. at: village Belemba (opposite
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Rickety bridge their only means of communication
BERHAMPUR: The State Government
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New mega projects in Orissa: Protests by potential displaced persons
In the era of liberalization and privatization, a sizeable number of mineral processing industries are coming to invest in the mineral rich state of Orissa. As a result, there is large involuntary population displacement of the marginalized sections including tribal.
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Extracting a cost
Vedanta refinery pollutes river, sickens people in Orissa VEDANTA recently invited bureaucrats and glitterati to pat its back on corporate social responsibility activities at its first such meeting. But people living around Vedanta Aluminium Ltd
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GM fields
Despite a ban, Bt cotton cultivation is widespread in Orissa the recent death of 93 goats after grazing near a cotton field in Bolangir, a tribal-dominated district in Orissa, has put the authorities on alert. The field in Kuthurla village, Khaprakhol block, was reportedly under Bt cotton cultivation. The state government discourages cultivation of Bt cotton as a matter of policy.
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Mining in the Niyamgiri Hills and tribal rights
The Orissa government's agreement with Vedanta Alumina to allow mining of bauxite deposits in the Niyamgiri hills, the home of the Dongaria Kondha tribe, is an example of how corporate interests backed by state support are trampling on tribal livelihoods and threatening an ecologically rich and important region.
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Bamboo - Conservation and establishment of bambusetum at JK paper Ltd.
The present paper reports on establishment of Bambusetum, Germplasm banks and Culm production studies at JK Paper Limited, Jaykaypur, Rayagada (Orissa) and supplying it to the farmers, State Forest Department, Government and Non-Government Organizations etc.
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Deathly inaction
Bhagirathi Behera of Tikiri village offers voluntary service at the primary health centre where a number of cholera patients come for treatment.
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Impact of watersheds development of dryland farming in KBK districts of Orissa
In recent years, there is growing opinion on the need to initiate soil and water conservation, to develop watersheds and to provide protective and supplementary irrigation particularly to wastelands, drylands, hill terrains etc., for enhancing production and produtivity.