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

In Kashipur, starvation continues to stalk its residents. Nearly 50 people died after consum-ing ungus-ridden mango kernel till August. But the state government defended this say-ing that mango