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 Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Project which has received the sanction of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is expected to benefit about 25 lakh coastal population of Orissa.
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa Monday hoisted storm warning signal in four of its ports as a depression formed over south-east Bay of Bengal was likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm, an official said.
Over a hundred children from three villages along the beach adjoining river Rushikulya in Ganjam district, which is the world's second largest mass nesting site for the Olive Ridley turtles, on the verge of extinction, have assumed the task of protecting the hatchlings purely for the joy of it.
Three days after an oil spill from the Essar-owned coking coal-laden vessel MV Malavika near Gopalpur port of Orissa, leading environmental NGO Greenpeace claimed the Olive Ridley turtle nesting site might still be under threat.
BHUBANESWAR: The CPI State council on Sunday resolved to extend support to the proposed rally by the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti at Balitutha on April 1 against the Posco steel project.
BARIPADA: Mayurbhanj, predominantly inhabited by tribals, has bagged Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaratee Act (MGNREGA) excellence award for 2008-09.
Ganjam stands second in implementation of the programme
BERHAMPUR: A two-day national workshop on implementation of NREGA was inaugurated at Chatrapur in Ganjam district on Wednesday.
The Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) has organised this workshop in collaboration with the Ganjam district administration.
For a rural medical practitioner from the interior of Orissa's Ganjam district bordering Andhra Pradesh, the sight of huge flightless birds on a visit to Hyderabad in 2005 was a life-changing event. It was love at first sight for 48-year-old D.
