Mayurbhanj

Order of the High Court of Orissa regarding the condition of NH-215, 09/07/2021

Order of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in the matter of Mitra Bhanu Mohapatra & Others Vs Secretary, Road Transport & Highways Government of India & Others dated 09/07/2021.

A Public Interest Litigation was filed drawing attention to the pathetic condition of stretches of the National Highway 215/20 to an extent of 163 kms between Panikoili (starting point) in Jajpur district to Rimuli in Keonjhar district. In this stretch there are apparently three toll plazas at Hasanpur, Khantaghar and Banajodi at fairly short distance.

Judgement Date:

09/07/2021

Tags:

Highways, Orissa (Odisha), High Court, Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar (D), National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal black stone mining, Bangriposi, district Mayurbhanj, Odisha, 05/03/2021

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bishweswar Tudu Vs State of Odisha dated 05/03/2021.

Judgement Date:

05/03/2021

Tags:

Mining, Stone Industry, Mayurbhanj, Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining, District Mayurbhanj, Odisha, 09/01/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ganeswar Singh & State of Odisha dated 09/01/2020 regarding illegal sand mining, District Mayurbhanj, Odisha.

Judgement Date:

09/01/2020

Tags:

Mining, Sand, Mayurbhanj, Orissa (Odisha), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court

Climate Change

Building resilience to climate change: MGNREGS, drought and flooding in Odisha

This paper is one in a series of briefings that analyse how the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) builds rural households’ resilience to different climate shocks.

Publication Date:

01/11/2017

Author(s): Dave Steinbach, Nanki Kaur, Celie Manuel, Sushil Saigal, Arun Agrawal, Anand Panjiyar, Aloke Barnwal

Source: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Tags:

Climate Change, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Droughts, Floods, Orissa (Odisha), Mayurbhanj

Natural Disasters

Flash flood in Deo

BARIPADA: WITH incessant rains lashing the catchment area of Deo river for the last three days,Mayurbhanj district witnessed first flash flood of the season on Tuesday.Vehicular movement along Bala

Publication Date:

27/07/2016

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Floods, Rainfall, Mayurbhanj, Monsoons, Natural Disasters

Forests

Tribals present forest management plan

Forest dwellers inside Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) have put forward their own Community Forest Resource Management and Conservation (CFRMC) plan for vast forest stretches.

Publication Date:

22/03/2016

Author(s): Satyasundar Barik

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Simlipal NP, Tiger Reserves, Forests, People, Mayurbhanj, Forest Management, Community Forest Management (CFM)

Forests

Recognition & mapping of community forest resources rights

Forest Rights Act 2006 recognizes and vests forest rights to the scheduled tribes and other traditional forest dwellers who have been residing in forests in generations but whose rights could not be recorded.

Publication Date:

01/02/2016

Source: Vasundhara

Tags:

Forest Resources, Community Forest Management (CFM), Forest Rights Act 2006, Simlipal NP, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal, Gram Sabhas

Wildlife

Tribals Relocated From Similipal Tiger Reserve

BARIPADA: In a bid to free the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) from human interference, the forest authorities have this week shifted 35 families living in Jamunagarh village in the core area of the

Publication Date:

11/09/2015

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Tiger Reserves, Mayurbhanj, Biosphere Reserves, Rehabilitation, Tribals, Wildlife

Forests

Downpour Douses Fire in Similipal Tiger Reserve

BALASORE: Forest cover of nearly 160 hectares (ha) in Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) of Mayurbhanj district has been destroyed in the recent fire that lasted for over a week.

Publication Date:

18/03/2015

Source: New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Mayurbhanj, Simlipal NP, Forest Fires

Forests