Tag: Puri Konark Marine Drive

The guard wall on Puri-Konark Marine Drive caved in on Sunday due to strong currents in sea. Following the collapse of the guard wall, the threat has assumed dangerous proportions on the Puri-Konark coast that the sea may devour major portions of land, beaches and roads along the coastline.

Puri: Around 30 acres of Casuarina plantations were reduced to ashes after a major fire broke out in Balukhand sanctuary on Puri-Konark marine drive near Beladala village of Puri district today. Though fire tenders and forest officials made attempts to control the blaze, it all went in vain as the fire tending vehicles could not […]

Jagatsinghpur/Puri: Cyclone Fani affected residents of Jagatsinghpur and Puri districts today staged road blockades at several places protesting lack of administrative assistance in the aftermath of devastating cyclone Fani. Hundreds of irate locals in Biridi block of Jagatsinghpur district blocked Jagatsinghpur-Kandarpur road at several places, including Dogachia, Anakhia, Balia, Biridi and Hajipur alleging that no […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: The phenomenon of coastal erosion is likely to intensify in the state in the wake of cyclone Fani with sea turbulence expected to increase manifold. Higher wave energy would mean greater erosion of land mass along the coast. As it is the sea has been eating into the land in several […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: It was heartening to read that Ramchandi, the tiny seaside settlement along the Puri-Konark marine drive, will be hosting the India Surf Festival (ISF), country’s premier surfing event, in the coming year. I have visited Ramchandi several times and enjoyed myself thoroughly on each occasion. Ramchandi is where river Kusabhadra pours […]

Konark: One person was killed while 20 others were injured after a passenger bus hit another bus near Konark Eco Retreat festival venue on Puri-Konark Marine Drive road in Puri district on Thursday. According to reports, a passenger bus which was going to Puri hit another tourist bus from behind. The driver of the passenger […]