Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Sitanshu Ranjan Kar has been appointed the 27th Principal Spokesperson of the Government of India and Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB) in New Delhi. The 1983-batch Odia officer succeeded Frank Noronha. Here is everything you need to know about new PIB chief Sitanshu Ranjan Kar: 1. Born […]
Water
Tribunals alone can’t save our dying rivers: Experts
Even as the dispute between the states of Odisha and Chhattisgarh over Mahanadi river water is becoming rife and has snowballed into a major fight between the governments as well as political parties, a group of civil society organisations, river and water experts, academicians from across the country and community members from the basin have […]
Water watchdog warns about 58000 MW energy plans
Sambalpur, March 22 (Odisha.in) A local water watchdog on Tuesday warned about the possible danger of the thermal power plants Orissa is planning to set up in an attempt to produce 58000 MW power in seven-eight years. Speaking here on the occasion of ‘World Water Day’ Ranjan Panda, convenor, of ‘Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO)’ said […]
Intellectuals demand white paper on water issue
Bhubaneswar, Dec 8 (Odisha.in) Orissa politics a platform of intellectuals coordinated by leading youth right activist Sachidananda Satpathy has demanded a white paper from the Orissa government on the Hirakud dam water issue. They have sent a letter to the chief minister Naveen Patnaik and other concerns. We are publishing the exact letter here. Orissa […]
Mohapatra protests diversion of Hirakud water to industries
Jagatsinghpur, Dec 4 (Odisha.in) Undivided Cuttack district will soon turn into a desert if government supplies irrigation water from Hirakud dam to industries such as Posco and ESSAR state convener of Nationalistic Congress party in a meeting here Tuesday. “Time has come to intensify stir against this move” he said. NCP organized here ‘Milan Samabesh’. […]