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Bhubaneswar: With the south west monsoon turning weak in Odisha with the westerly wind prevailing over eastern India, the state’s coastal and southern region could experience heavy rains from July 3 because of a cyclonic circulation, likely to form over west central and adjoining north west Bay of Bengal, informed SOA’s Centre for Environment and…
Bhubaneswar: The journey of Catch the Rain Campaign through Rainwater Harvesting Structures (RWHS) under MUKTA has achieved around 37,242 RWHS across 111 ULBs of the state in last two years under MUKTA. During 2021-22 finacial year, around 13,000 RWHS were constructed with an investment of Rs 60 crore. About 8,000 MSG/SDA were engaged as implementing…
Bhubaneswar: Two scientists from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here have been ranked among the top 10 nationally for their research work by Research.com, a leading academic research portal, for 2023. Prof Pradipta Kishore Dash, director of Multi-disciplinary Research Centre of SOA, has been ranked sixth among the best Electronics and Electrical…
Bhubaneswar: A 15-member team of senior officers from Tamil Nadu government led by R Lalitha, additional commissioner, municipal administration including Prasanth MS, additional director Rural Development(G), Department of Rural Development & Panchayatiraj were on a two-day visit to Odisha to study implementation FSTP management system. The team had an interaction with G Mathi Vathanan, principal…
As many as 85 trains have been cancelled due to track maintenance work at Bahanaga Bazar station, a release from East Coast Railway has informed. This is the place where the most horrific of train collision happened and more than 250 people were killed, over 900 were injured. Trains cancelled: Trains diverted:
Bhubaneswar: The Core Sanitation Workers (CSWs) identified in 115 ULBs will be provided with ID cards under “GARIMA”. In 2020, the Odisha government had introduced the first of its kind scheme launched by any state in India for the safety, dignity and welfare of the CSWs. It seeks to improve the socio-economic conditions of sanitation…
More than 260 are killed and over 900 injured in a triple train crash in Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday evening. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the accident site on Saturday and then meet the injured at a hospital in Cuttack. The accident was caused due to the derailment of 10 to…
Bhubaneswar: Advancement of the south west monsoon into eastern and southern India could depend on the likelihood of development of low pressure areas over the Arabian Sea and east central Bay of Bengal on June 6, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) here said on Tuesday. The advancement of the south west…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first Vande Bharat Express for Odisha on Thursday, and laid foundation stone for the redevelopment of Puri and Cuttack railway stations. He also inaugurated the Bichhupali-Jhartarbha rail line, dedicated Sambalpur-Titlagarh doubling, Angul-Sukinda new line, Manoharpur-Rourkela-Jharsuguda-Jamga third line and 100 per cent electrification of railway lines in Odisha through…
Bhubaneswar: The extremely severe cyclonic storm Mocha, which was centred over Bay of Bengal about 590 km south east of Paradip on Saturday, was likely to move in a north-northeasterly direction towards Bangladesh, the Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) said on Saturday. The cyclonic storm expected to move parallel…
