PURI: There is no tsunami threat to the Odisha coast. This was opined by Manmohan Mohanty, former Professor in Geology, Utkal University, at a workshop on ‘Beach Erosion in the State’ here on Thursday. The workshop comes days after some residents of Puri town had reported about buildings along the coastline showing signs of tilt. Mohanty said the tilt may be the fallout of tectonic movements in the region. This was also the reason behind loosening of a stone from the Jagannath temple earlier.

PURI: A corporation for preservation of environment in adherence to CRZ norms for sustained beach tourism development, comprising all the beach settlements of the State, needs to be formed, felt experts and NGOs participating in a seminar on beach tourism development organised by the Beach Protection Council of Odisha here on Tuesday.

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday assessed the loss of about Rs2,121 crore due to the recent floods which killed at least 41 persons and damaged over one lakh houses even as people in 198 villages continued to remain marooned for the last fortnight.

A special messenger of the state government will submit a memorandum with the central government tomorrow, Special Relief Commissioner P K Mohapatra said, adding that they were expecting visit of the Central team on Saturday.

When a cascading Kushabhadra river blasted its way through an embankment at Kushupur village on the night of September 10, Safran Bibi was tending to her 18 goats, her only asset.

In no time, the widow in Puri’s Gop, one of the blocks worst-affected by the floods that have devastated much of Orissa, found her 50-something self battling the might of a river gone wild, to save herself and her goats. But, soon, she was flowing away and would have washed up dead somewhere had not her nephews spotted her.

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked the district collectors to ensure utmost transparency in the assessment of the damage of properties by the recent floods.

The chief minister asked them to complete the assessment report by September 25.

Meanwhile, in response to the request by the Odisha government, the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday informed that it sent an inter-ministerial team to visit the state within a week’s to undertake assessment of the flood damage.

BHUBANESWAR: Persons with disabilities are more vulnerable to disaster impacts due to their physical condition.

PURI/NABARANGPUR: The scourge of diarrhoea is back claiming three persons each in coastal Puri and predominantly tribal Nabarangpur districts. Many more are fighting for lives.
Three persons died today and five were battling for lives in Puri infectious diseases hospital (IDH) after bouts of diarrhoea, while another 55 are undergoing treatment there.

The Odisha government has decided to implement the Rs 116 crore integrated tourism project along the coast near Puri keeping in mind environment issues.

Presiding over a high level meeting on

PURI: The BJP