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Over Rs 4,000 crore spent on cyclone risk mitigation since 2011: GovernmentIndia has spent over Rs 4,300 crore on the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project since 2011. This initiative aimed to enhance disaster r...- Odisha launches Rs 763.5 crore cyclone resilient saline embankment projectThe Water Resources department on Saturday issued a notification on launching of Rs 763.5 crore 'Cyclone Resilient Saline Embankment Projec...
- Odisha to construct 380 km saline embankmentRath said: "A detailed project report (DPR) is being prepared under the supervision of Water Resources department for the first-phase const...
- Cyclone Yaas: At least one crore people affected and more than three lakh houses damaged in BengalA three-member state team, including the chief minister and chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, will conduct an aerial survey of Digha, Na...
- As tides rise, Indian villagers find a friend in mangrovesWithout mangroves, fields would be flooded by brackish sea water, making the soil saline and unfit to grow staple crops or vegetables.
- More than 50 per cent Indians living in disaster prone areas: Rajnath SinghInaugurating a meeting organised by the NDMA in New Delhi on Monday, Singh said that a National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is bei...
- 17.5 km seawall being erected in Kendrapara to safeguard seaside settlementsA World Bank team inspected the work recently and expressed satisfaction over the quality and progress of the project work.
- World Bank team visit sea-erosion-affected pockets in OdishaA team of World Bank visited the sea-erosion-affected pockets in Odisha's Kendrapara district and inspected the site of the state's geo-syn...
- Government approves cyclone risk mitigation projects of Rs 4,693 croreThe Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, approved the cost estimates for Phase-I of the scheme of National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project.
- Why climate change & pollution threats to Sundarbans cannot be taken lightly by governmentsSix years after cyclone Aila, the existential threat faced by the people and fauna in one of the world’s largest mangroves has reached alar...
- Sunderbans sea level to rise 3-8 mm per year: World Bank reportThe water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a Wor...
- Environmental loss in Sundarbans worth Rs 1290 crore: World BankUN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in sea level and intensification of present climatic variability.
- Honour for India’s green heroesFarmland Rainwater Harvesting Systems, which developed a ‘V-Wire injection well’ technology for runoff rainwater harvesting and recharge in...
- Odisha presents supplementary budget of Rs 7,144 croreWhile the gross amount of the budget has been fixed at Rs 9,421.25 crore, the net budget stands at Rs 7144.58 crore.
- Decks cleared for Odisha's geo-synthetic-tube seawall projectDecks have been cleared for commencement of construction of Odisha's first geo-synthetic-tube seawall project to tame the marauding sea.
- World Bank funded blueprint to counter erosion in OdishaOdisha has finalised a World Bank funded comprehensive blueprint to protect the seaside human settlements from ingress of furious sea waves.
- Sundarbans’ Saline KillerAshutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year’s Cyclone Aila. Yet, th...
- Orissa seeks Centre aid to fight natural disastersOrissa government on Tuesday sought financial assistance of Rs 609 cr from the Centre to save the state from natural calamities caused by g...
- Govt nods for flood management policyThe government has agreed in principle to formulate a comprehensive policy on flood management, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
- Tidal waves destroy Orissa housesAt least 13 houses were washed away and three more houses damaged under the impact of high tidal waves in Podampeta.
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