For more than a decade now, Orissa has been reeling under contrasting extreme weather conditions: from heat waves to cyclones; from droughts to floods. Calamities have been visiting the state with alarming regularity.

The debate whether climatic changes trigger calamities continues. But there is no doubt that environmental degradation wrecks havoc on Orissa

People s perception of local climate change

Environmental degradation causes a plethora of

Continuous siltation will choke Asia s biggest brakish lagoon to death

Calamities, environmental degradation and bad governance invest to make Orissa India's poorest state