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Orissa Travel Mart, to be held in August-September 2010

Lotus Ray — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:20:04 +0000

Orissa Tourism is planning to organize Orissa Travel Mart (OTM) this year. The proposed travel mart, according to Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister of Higher Education and Tourism, Government of Orissa, will be organised some time in August/September, this year.

Orissa Travel Mart will be an exclusive Orissa Tourism product, the Minister said when asked whether Orissa will be seeking partnership with other Eastern and North Eastern states of the country. However, Mishra informed that the state is working with West Bengal Tourism, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Confederation of Indian Industry in promoting destinations of the region jointly.

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Olive Ridley Turtles at Rushikulya Beach in Orissa

Lotus Ray — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:05:28 +0000

For the 2010 nesting season, the first arribada took place in the Gahirmatha beach in the second week of February. This beach is a protected area under the Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary.

The second took place in Rushikulya between March 15 and the early hours of March 21.

This year there was a third mass nesting which began on the evening of March 20. It is estimated that around one lakh turtles nested along the Rushikulya coast between March 15 and 21. The Orissa Forest Department had made arrangements to ensure the safety of the nests, protecting them from predators by fencing the beach along the forest side of the beach and placing forest guards to deter predators during the night. The eggs are expected to hatch by the end of April, flooding the beach with baby turtles that will make their way to the sea.

One of the major nesting ground for the Olive Ridley sea turtles can be found in the Beaches of Orissa; in Devi, Gahirmatha and Rushikulya, which are known to be the nesting sites for the L. olivacea Indian Ocean population. The shore line also acts as their mating site & have attracted various scientific communities for research & studies.

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Importance of Eram in Basudevpur, in the tourism map of India

Lotus Ray — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:54:34 +0000

Eram also known as the `second Jalianawala Bagh’ where the British forces killed 28 persons on September 28, 1942 was also very important as the only woman martyr of the freedom movement in Orissa, Pari Bewa, also fell to the British bullets there.

But today there is only one martyrs’ pillar at the ground standing as a mute reminder to the historic incident and there were no statues of the martyrs so far. Even there is no museum to showcase the great sacrifice through pictorial or any audio-visual depiction.

In Eram’s blood-soaked ground, not only 28 villagers died and 56 were injured, but another injured, lodged in Koraput jail also succumbed to his injuries later taking the toll to 29. Also the British police executed the gruesome murder the way they did it in Jalianawala Bagh by blocking all the three entry points of the ground.

People of nearby villages were assembled at Eram after they declared themselves as part of a `swadhina chakla’ or independent area under the leadership of freedom fighters Kamalaprasad Kar, Gouranga Chandra Mohanty, Aniruddha Mohanty and Shyamsundar Panigrahi.

People of Basudevpur have demanded that a proper memorial museum with depiction of the freedom struggle at Eram should be built as there is a nationwide demand to upgrade historical places with contribution to freedom struggle.

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OTDC special tour package for Konark Festival 2009

Lotus Ray — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:46:30 +0000

Orissa Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) has announced a special tour package for those wish to visit the famous Konark Festival, which starts from December 1-5, 2009. Under the package, visitors will be taken from OTDC premises in Bhubaneswar/Puri every day to Konark by air-conditioned bus during the five-day long Festival.

SPECIAL PACKAGE PROGRAMME FROM 1ST TO 5th DECEMBER 2009
(Everyday)

02.30 PM : Departure OTDC premises for Konark.
04.00 PM : Arrival Konark. Sightseeing of Temple, Chandrabhaga
beach, Snacks at Panthanivas / Yatrinivas.
06.00 PM : Witness festival at Open Air Auditorium.
08.30 PM : Dinner at Panthanivas / Yatrinivas.
09.00 PM : Leave Konark.
10.30 PM : Arrival Bhubaneswar.

Package Cost for General Tourist : Rs.330/- per head
Package Cost for Students : Rs.310/- per head
Package Cost Without Food : Rs.235/- per head

The state tourism department has come out with two separate tour packages of three days and three nights package at a price of Rs 6,085 and five day and five night package at a price of Rs 9,545 for visitors wanting to visit the state during this tourist season.

EX-BHUBANESWAR (5 Nights 5 Days)

Day-01: Arrival Bhubaneswar.
Evening – proceed to Konark to witness the festival (06.00 to 08.00 P.M.). Night halt at Konark Yatrinivas.

Day-02: Full day free to observe temple and near by tourist interest places like Chandrabhaga beach, Ramchandi Temple. Evening – witness the festival (06.00 to 08.00 P.M.). Night halt at Konark Yatrinivas.

Day-03: Sight Seeing of Satapada (Chilika) Dolphin Tour. Evening witness the festival (06.00 to 08.00 P.M.).Night halt at Konark Yatrinivas.

Day-04: Sight Seeing of Bhubaneswar Temples – Lingaraj,Mukteswar, Rajarani, Khandagiri & Udayagiri Caves. Nandankanan Zoo & Dhauligiri – Buddhist Monastery Evening – witness the festival (06.00 to 08.00 P.M.). Night halt at Konark Yatrinivas.

Day-05: Sight Seeing of Raghurajpur (Artisan village), Puri Jagannath Temple.
Evening – witness the festival (06.00 to 08.00 P.M.).
Night halt at Panthanivas, Bhubaneswar.

PACKAGE COST RS. 9,545.00 Or 216 US$ Per head.

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Aditya Birla Group to set up sea port at Chudamani in Bhadrak district

Lotus Ray — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:50:07 +0000

Orissa government has signed an MoU with Aditya Birla Group for setting up of a 10 MTPA capacity sea port at an investment of Rs1500 crore.

The port to be established at Chudamani in Bhadrak district, would have 3 mtpa capacity in the phase-1, said ABG’s executive president Ravi Kastia.

The port will be connected by a rail corridor from Markona railway station, he said adding the company is to operate on BOO (Build Own Operate) basis. The port work will be completed within four years, he said.

“Once operational, the port will handle bulk cargo like cement, aluminium, iron ore, thermal coal, lime stone, gypsum, clinker and copper”, Kastia said.

About 5000 people would get direct and indirect employment in the port project having two berths.

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik who was present during the MoU signing ceremony here, asked ABG to take care of the precious flora and fauna of the area.

“Environment friendly technologies should be adopted so that the eco-system is not disturbed”, he cautioned.

This was the fourth port project for which the state government had signed MoUs. The three other port locations were at Dhamra in Bhadrak district, Kirtania in Balasore district and Astarang in Puri district.

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State Wetland Management Authority, Orissa

Lotus Ray — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:06:53 +0000

For sustainable management of all wetlands of Orissa, Orissa Government is constituting a State Wetland Management Authority, a first of its kind in the country.

Announcing this at the Management Planning Workshop of Chilika Lake here, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the State Government is also working in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forests to establish an institute on management of wetlands and coastal ecosystem.

The Wetlands International South Asia (WISA) is currently formulating the management plan on Chilika with support from Chilika Development Authority (CDA).

The plan, now in draft stage, was laid for consultation before experts of national and international repute during the workshop.

After inaugurating the workshop, Naveen suggested some important issues to be incorporated in the plan. Check of silt flow into the lake through proper catchment treatment should be given utmost priority in the management plan.

It should be extended to Mahanadi basin as 90 percent of the silt flow into the lagoon is from Mahanadi river system.

The Chief Minister was of the view that both eco tourism and biodiversity conservation should be accorded priority in the management plan.

Destructive fishery practices and freeing the lagoon from prawn gheries need attention, he said.

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