The Anti-Corruption Vigilance Wing of Odisha Police on Saturday arrested an Odisha Transport Engineering Service (OTES) officer posted at Cuttack for allegedly amassing assets to the tune of 143 per cent more than his known sources of income.
In a refreshing turn of events in the turtle conservation programme, the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have reappeared at Eakakulanasi Island of the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary for mass nesting after a gap of 33 years.
The eastern zone bench of National Green Tribunal has directed the Odisha Government agencies in Nayagarh district to reclaim the encroached patches reserve forestland and slap environmental compensation against the violators for damage caused to forest classified land.
Two women scientists on Saturday took over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's social media account to share their work and experiences with their countrymen on International Women's Day.
The Odisha government and Meta India on Friday collaborated to launch a unified WhatsApp chatbot that will offer all public services to more than 4.5 crore people in the state.
Despite threat posed to their lives due to possible strike of cyclone Dana, a section of residents in a vulnerable pocket of Odisha’s Kendrapara district refused to be evacuated from their houses on the ground that the government has ignored their forest right act claim in conferring them the land record of rights.
As the weather goes from bad to worse, those unwilling to shift to the safety of shelter houses are not taking any chances, cooperating with the officials in the evacuation process.
The cyclonic storm Dana, which is anticipated to make landfall close to Bhitarkanika and Dhamara in the neighbouring state of Odisha is expected to bring squally winds to Kolkata with speed reaching 60-70 Kmph, gusting to 80 kmph as it crosses Odisha and West Bengal coasts.
“When calamity looms, our job is to keep the people alert to the danger and advise them as to what they should or shouldn’t do,” Ms. Honey Pattnaik, In-charge of the Community Radio Centre, said.
The evacuation process has got underway to relocate 10 to 12 lakh people to the safety of cyclone shelters and temporary relief camps.
