KENDRAPARA: The State Government has prepared a blueprint to shift 3,000 people from the seaside villages of Satabhaya and Kanhupur under Satabhaya gram panchayat in Rajnagar block. The sea has been eroding vast tracts of land in these villages.

Oil spill in the Bay of Bengal spells doomsday for breeding of Ridley turtles
The worst fears of environmentalists appear to have come true with reports of an oil leak from MV Black Rose, the Mongolian ship that sank off Paradeep coast in Orissa on the 9th of September. The ship was carrying about 926 tonnes (926,000 litres) of furnace oil.

RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY and AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO
BHUBANESWAR/PARADIP

The worst fear appears to have come true.
Oil spillage has begun from Black Rose, the cargo ship that sank on September 9 off the Bay of Bengal coast, nearly seven km away from Orissa's Paradip port.

The oil leakage threatens to severely damage the local marine resources and ecology.

Twenty-four hours of incessant rain, caused by a low in the Bay of Bengal, has left hundreds of thousands marooned as some 65 villages in Khulna and Barguna districts inundated, WDB officials said on Saturday, blaming delayed or poor repairs to damaged flood barriers after Cyclone Aila hit the southwest region in May.

SOUDHRITI BHABANI
At least 220 Indian scientists and 127 research organisations are joining hands for a massive study to monitor climate change in different parts of the country. Climate change in India has led to a rise in sea levels while storm surges in coastal areas have also become a major concern for environmental authorities.