Priya Ranjan Sahu

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Odisha-based freelance journalist

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Health

Killer hospitals: Primary healthcare key to curb child deaths

Doctors at Odisha’s Vimsar hospital say if primary healthcare improves, the death toll at bigger hospitals would be fewer

Governance

Odisha block residents to get MNREGA employment for 200 days

500 crore package launched to ensure timely, uninterrupted wage payment under MGNREGA and check migration of labour

Governance

Only 2 passengers aboard Odisha’s new Balangir-Bichhupali train: RTI

Balangir-Bichhupali track is part of Khurda-Balangir line and was inaugurated in January 2019

Water

Sukapaika: Death of a river

How embankments have killed Odisha’s Sukapaika river that was the lifeline of over 0.5 million people

Wildlife & biodiversity|Forest Rights

वनवासियों पर बेदखली की तलवार, जिम्मेवार कौन

ऐतिहासिक वनाधिकार अधिनियम के बावजूद वनवासियों पर मंडर�…

Natural Disasters|Cyclone

3 मई को शाम 5.30 बजे उड़ीसा से टकराएगा चक्रवात फोनी, बचाव की तैयारी तेज

1804 से अब तक कुल 133 बार उड़ीसा ने चक्रवात झेला है। जिसमें पूर�…

Natural Disasters

Bulbul damages crops, houses, electricity and water connections in Odisha

Though no death has been reported in the state, damage to property has been immense

Natural Disasters

Cyclone Bulbul may skip Odisha coast, head for Bangladesh

The chances of the cyclone hitting Odisha coast are remote, as per the latest bulletin of the India Meteorological Department

Agriculture

Fall Armyworm controlled in Odisha

Timely intervention and sustained awareness programmes by state agriculture dept prevented crop loss

Agriculture

Farmers on hunger strike in Sambalpur due to non-payment of crop insurance

Insurance claims were to be paid nine months ago but insurer Reliance General Insurance Company did not accept the government report on crop loss

Water

Swachh Bharat Mission: How model villages in Odisha quit ODF

Every household now has an extra toilet, due to SBM. Yet people are forced to defecate in the open because of acute water scarcity …

Forests

Meet Sasi Mausi: A sentinel of Odisha forest

This sexagenarian fought timber mafia half her life to reclaim forest hills

Climate Change

Odisha’s climate refugees: Last man standing at Satabhaya

Prafulla Lenka, a 47-year-old resident of Odisha’s Satabhaya village, is tenaciously holding on even as his village has almost disappeared …

Natural Disasters

Blazing India: Odisha’s work not yet over

The state has certainly been able to reduce heatwave deaths by putting very strong prevention measures. However, its efforts to build long-term …

Forests

Lord! Where will the wood for Jagannath’s chariot come from?

As the forest cover in Odisha decreases, there are apprehensions about the scarcity of wood for making the deity’s chariot for the Rath Yatra

Natural Disasters

उड़ीसा के पुरी तट से टकराया फोनी, 175 किमी प्रति घंटा की रफ्तार से चली हवाएं

ताकतवर हवाओं के कारण जहां पेड़ जड़ से उखड़ रहे हैं, वहीं �…

Natural Disasters

Cyclone Fani kills five in Odisha

The storm hit Puri with a speed of 175 km per hour

Natural Disasters

Cyclone Fani to hit Odisha coast tomorrow afternoon

People in nine districts are being evacuated today

Natural Disasters

Cyclone Fani to turn extremely severe before landfall

Odisha government will evacuate people from districts that will be hit by the storm by May 2

Energy

Ujjwala scheme: Are cleaner cooking fuels affordable and accessible?

The Centre’s Ujjwala programme can be a game changer, but a few bottlenecks remain

Climate Change

Sea erosion affecting lives and livelihoods in Odisha

The central government informed Parliament in December 2018 that sea levels along the Indian coast are projected to rise from 3.5 inches to as …

General Elections 2019

'Women should be self-reliant to make a big difference in society'

Down To Earth talks to Pramila Bisoi, an SHG leader chosen to contest Aska Lok Sabha seat in Odisha

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Forest Rights Act: Evicting the gaps

To protect traditional forest dwellers, the Forest Rights Act, 2006, needs to be enforced properly and not be used against them

Forests

Forest Rights Act: Are state govts the real land mafias?

State governments want to divert forest land for industrial expansion. That's why they reject claims of forest dwellers

Forests

Forest Rights Act: Who is the encroacher and who is encroached upon

Thirteen years after a historic law was formulated to give forest dwellers legal ownership of their traditional land, their fate still hangs in …

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