PARADIP: The South Korean Human Rights activists, who were at Dhinkia and Gobindpur villages to study the Posco project

ROURKELA: If Khandadhar waterfall faces the threat of premature death, blame it on the industries sprouting on its periphery.

Rampant mining by OMC at less than a km from the scenic hilly rivulet seems to be leaving a telling blow on the flora and fauna of the bio-rich reserve.

Debabrata Mohanty

With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

After facing the flak of the Orissa High Court over the case of recommendation of prospecting license (PL) in favour of Posco India, the state government has decided to approach the Supreme Court of India on the issue.

ROURKELA: As Swine Flu continues to create panic in the State, the Sundargarh district administration has set up half a dozen control rooms at strategic locations for effective monitoring of the H1N1 virus spread.

Private health service providers are being sensitised on screening suspected patients and treatment of H1N1 virus for effective outcome.

At the direction of District Collector Shal

BHUBANESWAR: A day after the State government began land acquisition for Posco project in Jagatsinghpur district, activists here threatened to take law into their hands saying it would be tit for tat as the administration did not care to respect rule of the land.

BHUBANESWAR: While Opposition parties and social organisations have launched a public movement against use of water from the river Mahanadi for industrial purposes, trade union leader Mayadhar Nayak today said a similar movement would be launched to save the Brahmani river from industrial pollution.

New Delhi: This is the worst that the government could have ever got from the Supreme Court.

Terming the developmental policies as

ROURKELA: Safe drinking water has become a dream for people of several interior pockets of the coal-rich Hemgir block under Sundargarh district where fear of gastroenteritis outbreak is stalking menacingly. Amid several incidents of diarrhoea in remote villages, the Sundargarh district health administration is on its toes to arrest the spread of water-borne diseases.

BHUBANESWAR: At least 151 mines continued to be closed in Orissa since last year as they do not have statutory clearances, an official Friday said.