Women in Odisha’s coastal fishing villages have turned to selling fish and value-added fishery products after eliminating middlemen and abolishing the home brewing of country liquor, the root cause of their problems Selling fish at the local fish market, Dulana Das (40) of Rambha village in Odisha’s Ganjam district took pride in introducing herself as […]
Chilika
Declining catch forces Chilika fishers to become migrant laborers
It was forenoon. In Mangalajodi village, the familiar sight of women sitting in their verandahs and mending fishing nets was missing. The change in the landscape was apparent since many of the villagers have quit fishing, their traditional occupation. Mangalajodi, with a 5,000-odd population, is on the banks of Chilika, the brackish water lagoon on […]
Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates symposium and photo exhibition on Chilika
New Delhi, Jan 7 (Odisha.in) Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Skill and Development, Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday inaugurated a symposium and photo exhibition on Chilika. He inaugurated this unique event titled ‘The Mangalajodi Inheritance”, organised by ONGC in association with Bhubaneswar Bird Walks, at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The objective […]
Population of Irrawadi Dolphins Rise in Chilika Lake
Bhubaneswar, Feb. 27( Odisha.in ) Population of Irrawadi Dolphins which is one of the rare species and has been declared as an endangered species, have recorded a slow rise in Chilika lake located at a distance of about 110 kms from Bhubaneswar. While according to 2007 census the number of this species was recorded at […]