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

Cleaning up the coastline

Record single-day COVID-19 deaths in Odisha

The state’s COVID-19 toll rose to 5,241

Cyclone Yaas may have caused jellyfish to wash up on Puri beach: Experts

Strong winds and high tidal waves under the influence of the cyclonic storm might have caused the jellyfish to be washed ashore

Byanjana Dwadashi: How a 500-year-old festival in Odisha symbolises community, food security and balanced diet

Byanjana Dwadashi is a Vaishnavite festival that commemorates an episode featuring Krishna in the Mahabharata

COVID-19 lockdown hits Patachitra artisans of Odisha crafts village hard

Artisans in Raghurajpur near Puri, who make the traditional paintings, have suffered huge losses due to the lockdown

Odisha’s climate refugees: Activists urge proper rehabilitation policy

Advancing sea puts villagers at risk in Puri, Kendrapada districts

Mouthing trouble

Every drop to drink: 24x7 potable tap water in Puri has environmental, social benefits

The project will reduce use of plastic bottles by 30 million units and overall plastic waste plastic waste by 400 tonnes per year

Cyclone Fani damages Odisha’s seaside Balukhanda Sanctuary

The deer that fled the cyclone into areas inland have begun to return

Odisha fishers seek higher compensation for 2-month ban

Central, state assistace doesn’t compare with market rate; women not covered under scheme

Cyclone Jawad: Bengal braces for intense rain, crop damage

Cyclone Jawad’s impact on West Bengal will be dependent on what direction the cyclone takes in Odisha, say experts

Cyclone Jawad can make landfall in Odisha’s Puri district December 5: IMD

Farmers and fishermen in coastal Odisha districts prepare for the worst, with Cyclone Jawad predicted to make landfall in the area; many worried …

Why fishermen in Odisha’s Ganjam are protesting plan for Blue Flag beaches

Blue Flag beaches provide clean and hygienic bathing facilities, safe environment and sustainable development

Cyclone Fani: Women were left with just one cloth to cover body, manage menstruation

In the absence of gender-sensitive disaster response mechanism, women in a Puri village tore the only cloth they had after the disaster …

How to manage disasters: Assam officials visit Odisha to learn

Three officials from Assam were recently in Kendrapara and Puri to know how Odisha managed its cyclones

Value lost in sea

Kharif farming affected as monsoon plays truant in Odisha

The state received around 17 per cent deficit rainfall in June 2021 

Discrimination during pandemic, cyclones puts lives of dalits at risk

Lower caste communities are ostracised and denied access to rehabilitation facilities during natural disasters

Odisha takes its first step towards promoting turtle tourism

The state held its first Olive Ridley turtle festival to give way to eco-tourism and in turn conserve turtles

Phasi wood for Jagannath chariot this year entirely from private lands; forest loss, climate change affecting natural supply

Phasi and Dhaura trees take 50-100 years to mature; this poses a challenge to the annual construction of chariots in the Puri Jagannath Yatra

Holy mess

The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri

Over 150 turtles found dead on Odisha beach

The Oliver Ridley turtles arrive in large numbers to lay eggs on the state's shores

Green tribunal halts construction on Puri coast

Directs Odisha government to submit report on status of waste disposal and treatment in the city by February

Good Lord! No trees

Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles