Tag: Kathajodi

Cuttack: Protesting encroachment on the mouth of Kathajodi River, members of the Kathajodi and Kuakhai Nadi Surakshya Committee staged a ‘jal satyagraha’ today. As per allegations, some realtors have constructed boundary walls on the river mouth and plotting the area for sale affecting release of flood water in Kathajodi and Kuakhai rivers. The committee members […]

Cuttack: Despite directives issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) asking the local administration not to allow garbage dumping at Mahanadi and Kathajodi river beds, disposal of waste and building construction debris continues unabated in Cuttack. Tractors and trucks can be seen dumping heaps of garbage on the river bed at regular intervals which has […]

Cuttack: Busting a contraband racket, Excise sleuths nabbed two persons including a student while they were illegally transporting one quintal Ganja in a car here today. The arrested were identified as car owner Basant Mohanty of Naha village in Keonjhar district and Nilakantha Hansa, a student, of Tikabali area of Kandhamal district. The excise squad […]

Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railways (ECoR) has suspended four officials who were on signal duty when the Bhubaneswar-Bhadrak DMU rammed into a stationery goods train at Kathajodi station on Thursday evening causing death of two GRP officials who were on duty and leaving many others injured. The two deceased GRP officials have been identified as Amulya […]

Bhubaneswar: HES Infrastructure Private Limited, which was awarded the construction work of a three-lane bridge over Kathajodi river, has submitted a bill of Rs 10 crore on account of estimation cost for change in design to the State government. Though the Hyderabad-based company in its agreement with the Odisha government stated that it would not […]

Cuttack: The rising level of pollution in Kathajodi and Mahanadi rivers here due to the direct discharge of sewage from industries and urban local bodies has become a concern for the residents of the millennium city. According to an OTV ground report at Canal Bridge, Khannagar, waste water from the city was incessantly being released […]