The heat of Summer added
with ground fire in
different forests of
Odisha have made the
forests unfit for the
wildlife because the
water sources have gone
dry. This is the reason
why wildlife is more
often risking by
venturing into human
habitations for food and
water. On Tuesday, 8 May
2012, an elephant calf
fell in a dried up well
while in search of water
in Bolangir's Agalpur.
The calf was rescued by
combined efforts of
villagers and forest
department people.
Another elephant died of
heatstroke in Odisha's
Kamaksha Nagar of
Denkanal district on
April 27, 2012.>>> Read More
On the eve of the BRICS
summit,
World Bank (WB) President
Robert B. Zoellick said,
'by creating funds of
its own, BRICS can take
a role in development of
the member countries and
other developing
countries as well'.
While in Odisha to
review the Coastal Zone
Management Programme
implemented in Odisha,
Zoellick said the WB
members would learn from
the programme for
application in other
places.
>>> Read More
The explained 13 pints
of the demands made by
the Maoists against
release of the two
abducted Italian
citizens has reached the
government. After
keeping his statement in
the assembly, Odisha CM
told that the government
is considering the
demands placed by
Maoists. But he again
appealed that the
Maoists must release the
foreign nationals
immediately.
However, the hostage
crisis continues in the
state as the process of
negotiation is yet to
start
Responding to the
news of abduction of
two Italian tourists
by Maoists in Odisha,
Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik held
a meeting with Chief
Secretary, Home
Secretary and the DG
Police to discuss
the hostage crisis
and step ahead in
the direction of
resolving it.
The Chief Minister,
while condemning
such act, appealed
the Maoists to
release the tourists
saying that the
government is ready
for any dialogue and
negotiation.
>>> Read More
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.
>>> Read More
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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