BHUBANESWAR: As many as 10,336 villages spread across 15 districts have suffered more than 50 per cent crop loss because of erratic monsoon.

BHUBANESWAR: The National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)

BALASORE: Her years of hard work and love for greenery, was paid off when the State Government yesterday awarded her with the 'Prakurti Mitra' award. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik gave away the prestigious award to Urmila Behera of Balasore who has planted more than a lakh trees in the district. She has been planting trees since last 18 years.

Village Water and Sanitation Committees increase user fee

BHUBANESWAR: Even as rural Orissa is struggling to cope with scorching heat and acute drinking water crisis, rising power cost has made life miserable for those, who had even drinking water sources available at their doorstep.

BHUBANESWAR: As the South-West monsoon enveloped parts of north-east and Gangetic Himalayas today, one part of Orissa sizzled while another sweated.

The north-western and adjoining regions saw mercury shooting past 45 degree Celsius mark while the day temperature continued to drop in coastal Orissa, where humidity levels remained very high.

With an aim to have wider consultations with various stakeholders like civil society organisations, media and general public before finalising a climate change action plan, stakeholders' consultation workshops were organised in the districts like Ganjam, Angul and Balasore on May 19, 20 and 22, respectively.

BHUBANESWAR: The blistering heat has gone from bad to worse in Orissa even as the alleged sunstroke toll rose to 17 today.

Four more deaths have been reported from the districts in the last 24 hours, the State Revenue Control Room stated. While the fresh death reports are yet to be verified, the official toll stood at two.

BALASORE: A five-year-old boy died and 50 others have been affected by malaria in Nilagiri for the last couple of days.

Panic gripped Babandh and its adjacent Kudumsahi villages under Siadimal panchayat following child Radhu Singh

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the sugar price in the open market continues to be robust, the State is facing an average shortfall of about 4,000 tonnes of levy sugar every month.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Flood Control Board today approved projects worth Rs 2,850.83 crore to contain floods and create more irrigation potential for the farmers.

The projects approved at the meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik include the Salandi Sanskara Project, Bramhani-Kelua-Birupa Doab projects and 121 other small projects.