BHUBANESWAR: Even as the sugar price in the open market continues to be robust, the State is facing an average shortfall of about 4,000 tonnes of levy sugar every month.
M a h a n a d i Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, and a "Mini Ratna" company of the Government of India was formed in 1992 with its corporate office at Sambalpur (Orissa). The company was formed by the bifurcation of coal mines of Orissa from South Eastern Coalfields Limited, with the then coal production being 23.14 million tonnes (mt).
BHUBANESWAR: Dozens of farmers have committed suicide in Orissa in the past one year as the Hirakud dam is no longer serving its purpose, says a new study that warns of a grimmer situation in the coming days if urgent steps are not taken.
SAMBALPUR: Though the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) pulled up the Sambalpur Municipality a few months back on haphazard disposal of garbage in and around the town, there is not much change in the situation till now.
BHUBANESWAR: Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group Kumaramangalam Birla today announced that the group will invest in another project at Hirakud in Sambalpur district.
This article examines the movement against the construction of the Hirakud dam in Orissa. It is evident that the domestic resistance to the project was variously compromised by nationalist rhetoric, imperatives of state development and absence of transnational support.
BHUBANESWAR: With half of the districts reeling from drought effect, an inter-ministerial Central team will arrive in Orissa tomorrow for spot assessment of the situation.
Led by Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture Atanu Purukayasth, the 10-member team would mostly be visiting western and northern districts of the State over the next three days.
SAMBALPUR: A Central team will be visiting the district on Wednesday to assess loss of crops for extending financial assistance to the State Government.
SAMBALPUR: Even as farmers continued their agitations across the region over prevailing drought, the Sambalpur district administration has attributed erratic rainfall and pest attack as primary reasons behind crop failure in its crop cutting reports.
