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Probing Orissa Health System Development Project Scam - an attempt to fool the public: Threatened by the World Bank, Orissa Government ordered for a vigilance enquiry of the matter. It also didn’t question the World Bank about the consultants who were placed to monitor and guide the project team. The way enquiry was made and charge sheet was submitted against a few specific officials, it became clear that government investigating agency worked with a preset objective of finding some scapegoats to safeguard the key people involved in it. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Trauma, Tears and Teligiri - Life just before displacement: Nobody other than the displaced can feel how painful and sorrowful is displacement. Tragedy of the post-displacement life is visible, but the pain and suffering prior to displacement is heart breaking although invisible. It’s as good as experiencing a death before it really comes as life passes with tensions and lots of fearful apprehensions. Bibhuti Bhusan Pati >>> Read More
PMGSY - Road to rural poverty and farmers’ misery (Realities of Rural Development in India): Farmers and rural poor have been exploited in the name of development across the country for which schemes like PMGSY have become roads to misery and further poverty instead of bringing any benefit to the poor mass. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Hirakud Dam needs a proper management system to realise its objectives: Hirakud requires acquisition of an accurate body of knowledge on the capacity of the reservoir. The reservoir capacity of 5,818 million cubic meters at the time of the commissioning of the dam in 1957 is no longer correct as vast quantities of silts and sediments flowing into the reservoir steadily for the last fifty years have substantially reduced the capacity. Dr Nachiketa Das >>> Read More
Orissa in a globalised economy - Challenges ahead: The government has signed more than 60 Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with different players. The setting of new projects has led to a large-scale displacement of the marginal farmers because of their land being snatched away with the collusion of State machinery and the corporates. Nageshwar Patnaik and Sai Prasan >>> Read More
Development Versus Anti-development Campaigns in Orissa: What a terrible contradiction Orissa has become! So rich a land - rich in minerals, forests, water, architectural marvels, tourist attractions, wildlife, and above all history and culture - but inhabited by so poor a people! The poverty has damaged all walks of Orissan life, not only material but also intellectual, spiritual and ethical. Dr Nachiketa Das >>> Read More
Development Goals (MDGs) and the NGO movement in India: The major task before Indian NGOs at this point of time is to work closely with communities and develop some indigenous modules for realisation of the Goals. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Harnessing Solar Energy in Orissa: With a total land area of 155,707 square kilometres, Orissa holds a vast potential for harnessing very large quantities of solar power. Moreover, large portions of the western part of the state are in rain shadow areas, which receive solar radiation round the year without any interruption at all. Dr Nachiketa Das >>> Read More
Vedanta University - A Real Estate Deal in disguise: Vedanta University Project is the biggest land grab in the State of Orissa surpassing those in case of any industry planned by the reigning government so far. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Posco India project in trouble water: The major task before the government is to tackle with the situation and the protestors through sincere intervention and interaction... Otherwise, in a very short span, the dreamland for investors would turn into the most hated land. Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Story of Sita – Dalit scenario in India after 60 years of Freedom: As Sita belongs to scheduled caste (Harijan), she was restricted to sit inside the Bhagabat Tungi... Every rainy day was a holy day for her as on those days only she was allowed inside. N A Shah Ansari (HNF Exclusive) >>> Read More
Posco bagged Environment Clearance: After the environmental clearance Posco India is now looking for permission from government of India for forest diversion at its project site as about 3,566 acres of the 4,004-acre land marked for the project comes under forest area. HNF Bureau >>> Read More
Joda-Barbil: Orissa's Mining Hub changing into a Death Trap: ... in the not too distant future, the aggrieved people of Belkundi, Dalki etc of Barbil villages numbering about 30,000 would turn hostile and, probably, it will take the state administration by surprise and, may be, on the wrong foot. HNF Investigation >>> Read More
Bhubaneswar Cuttack Urban Complex - Orissa Vision 2030: Looking at the growing population in Bhubaneswar, adjacent city Cuttack and the peripheral towns, Bhubaneswar – Cuttack Urban Complex plan has great relevance. HNF Bureau >>> Read More
Kalahandi - Cursed with Industries: Kalahandi district is very well known as the hot pot of Orissa where atmospheric temperature crosses 50 Degree Celsius during usual summer. Social activists and environmentalists claim large-scale deforestation to be the major factor behind this... Basudev Mahapatra >>> Read More
Paradip - A Port Town in Transformation: Equipped with 14 berths with 51.40 million tonnes per annum handling capacity, Paradeep Port is yet to utilize its full capacity. As a number of steel plants and other allied industries are coming up within 200kms of the port and requests are pouring in from investors like Jindal Steel & Power, Visa Industries etc. for captive berthing facilities. HNF Bureau >>> Read More
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