Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik today confirmed receipt of a letter from Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh where the PM has assured that the union home ministry
is to address the issues raised by some of the states. The Prime Minister's
letter dated 21 February 2012 mentions that, 'I have, however, noted
your concerns about the manner in which the NCTC will function and
asking the Home Minister to address them suitably, in consultation with
you and other Chief Ministers'. >>> Read More
The session of Odisha legislative Assembly to pass the annual budget for 2012-13 financial year started today, the 21
February 2012. On the opening day of the budget session, Leader of Opposition
Bhupinder Singh stood up and shouted alleging the ruling BJD of misusing the
government machinery, using both money power and encouraging flow of liquor
during the Panchayat polls. The opposition members then boycotted the house when
Governor was still addressing the house. >>> Read More
At least twenty workers
sustained injuries as
the roof of the DAP
fertiliser plant SILO of
IFFCO (Indian Farmers
Fertiliser Cooperative
Limited) plant collapsed
this afternoon at
Odisha’s Paradip, 110
KMs from Bhubaneswar.
Soon after the collapse,
some workers and rescue
teams rescued the
injured persons who were
then sent to the local
Medical. Four persons
surviving critical
injuries have been
shifted to Cuttack.
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Women contribute 63 percent to agricultural production, in their
hands lie the welfare of the whole family and society; they are the
keepers of the commons and the indigenous seed heritage of the
country. Yet, they are almost completely in the unorganized sector
(71%) having no assets or economic security. Even though Indian
economy is growing at a rate of 9%, 52% of women of the country
suffer from malnutrition; they go hungry even when the granaries are
full and overflowing. (February
04, 2012)
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Famous world wide for
having three mass
breeding habitats for
Olive Ridley (Lepidochelys
Olivacea) sea turtles,
Odisha may have to lose
these turtle nesting
sites on its coast line.
Planning
of a series of ports in the name of development by the government of
Odisha, just to make
use of the 480 KM long
coast as a primary
resource, would badly
affect the coastal ecosystem and would, also, force the endangered
Olive Ridley sea
turtles to abandon the
sites for annual mating
and nesting activities.>>> Read More
Food security is
threatened in parts of
Odisha where climate
change has been a
phenomenon. Rise in
temperature and sea
level has made
agriculture vulnerable
as seawater is more
often gushing into the
land filling their paddy
fields with saline
water.
Because
agriculture is almost
regularly hit by tidal
waves and floods, food
security of these people
has been threatened as
they have no other
option to earn a
livelihood and feed the
family.
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A Snake Helpline
Volunteer Subhendu
Mallick of Bhubaneswar
hatched baby cobra
snakes from 17 eggs at
his home. Bred at home
in a controlled
atmosphere, the cobra
eggs started hatching in
45-47 days while
naturally it takes about
60 days.
From the success in
hatching the cobra eggs
at home, Subhendu hopes
that this method may be
applied in a larger
scale for saving the
reptiles that are on the
verge of extinction. (Bhubaneswar,
July 2010)
Samadrusti team captures how
peacefully industrialisation is being pursued in Odisha
Villages on the coast of Bay of Bengal at Astarang have been
struggling for their survival against the wrath of frequent tidal
waves and low pressure due to climate change and sea level rise. (Astaranga,
Puri, 2007)
Documentary Film on the impact of climate change across the
coastline of Odisha is in the making.
The villagers of
Navjeevanpur (near
Dhenkanal in Orissa),
known as 'Ghantara',
have been working day in
and day out since many
generations to
keep a tradition alive.
They take all pains to
make the craft product
called Dhokra but the
benefits are enjoyed by
the middlemen and local
money lenders who supply
the raw materials to the
village artisans and
give them some advance
money on the condition
that the ownership over
the final Dhokra
products would not
remain with the artisans, but
with the middlemen and
Money Lenders. (Hi8
Video, 1998)
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