Tag: Sea

Paradip: Scattered carcasses of endangered Olive Ridley turtles on Paradip sea beach have fuelled major concern among environmentalists and local authorities. Such mass deaths have triggered outrage in several quarters and it is being alleged that no steps have been taken to conserve the rare species while guidelines are not even followed while burying their […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 12 young boys and girls belonging to fishermen communities and tribes residing on seaside areas of Odisha have been selected to take part in a yachting training programme scheduled to be held in Chennai from February 6. The training programme is being organised by the Yachting Association of India. “The players […]

Puri: Two persons including a Russian national drowned while taking bath in the sea here today. Report said a Russian tourist drowned while was taking bath near Light House area of the beach this afternoon. As informed by the Sea Beach Police, the deceased, identified as Udartsev Anton, was staying at Gopal Lodge in Baliapanda […]

Konark: An information technology (IT) professional drowned while taking bath at Chandrabhaga sea beach on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Mansa, a resident of Bangalore in Karnataka. Police said, a group of nine (6 girls, 3 boys) IT professionals, all from Mindtree, Bangalore-based software services firm had visited Konark. While taking bath in […]

Puri: An expert team from IIT, Madras on Friday visited the Puri sea beach to take stock of the erosion caused by the ingress of sea water into land. According to reports, a team from the premier institute headed by Dr Subhadra Bibhelu visited the sea beach and Mangala river mouth to assess the situation […]

Water Resources secretary Pradip Jena on Wednesday said natural process will be followed to check the erosion at the Puri beach caused by surging sea waves

Bhubaneswar: Heavy rainfall will lash most parts of coastal and north Odisha in the next 24 hours, the local Met office said in a release this afternoon. As per the release, yesterday’s low pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal off north Odisha-West Bengal coast lay centred over north Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood at about […]

Bhubaneswar: The Met office has predicted heavy rainfall in north Odisha during the next 24 hours under the influence of a low pressure. “A low pressure area, which was formed over Jharkhand and adjoining areas of Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal yesterday lay over south Bihar and neighbourhood at about 8.30 AM today with the […]

New York: The amount of dissolved oxygen contained in the water of oceans across the globe — an important measure of ocean health — has been declining for more than 20 years, says a study. For the study, the researchers looked at a historic dataset of ocean information stretching back more than 50 years and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has received proposals worth Rs 466 crore for the setting up of processing units at Seafood  Park at Deras near the state capital here. The state government has already allotted required land to 20 interested firms, official sources said adding that the  state run Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation is developing the seafood […]

Balasore: Horseshoe crabs, that once dotted the banks of Khandia river and nearby estuaries here are increasingly falling prey to fishing trawlers and nets, leading to a major decline in their numbers. The changing ecosystem of the sea is also attributed to be one of the major causes behind the falling numbers of the species […]

Puri: Two students of Piloo Mody College of Architecture in Cuttack drowned in Puri sea near Chakratirtha Road today. The deceased have been identified as Rajat Pandey and Mohamad Ibaad. Sources said nearly six students of the college were taking a bath in the sea when the mishap occurred. Following the incident, locals rescued both […]

Puri: On the occasion of  ‘Magha Saptami’, lakhs of devotees thronged Chandrabhaga beach at Konark in Puri early today morning to take holy dip and offer prayers to the Sun God. As per the tradition, the presiding deities of Konark, Lord Tribeniswara, Lord Aisaneswara and Lord Dakhineswara were taken in a grand procession to the […]

Puri: An unusual sight plays out at the Puri sea beach every day. A middle-aged man dragging himself on the sand with his bare hands cuts through the towering waves of the Bay of Bengal. Seconds later he is afloat, accosting tourists bathing deep inside the sea back to the shores. This continues till late […]