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Solar powered or battery powered boats in Chilika Lake will help reduce pollution

in State News October 17, 2023 Comments Off on Solar powered or battery powered boats in Chilika Lake will help reduce pollution 640 Views

Bhubaneswar:17/10/23: Boats that are powered by solar energy or batteries will soon operate at Chilika Lake. The State administration is now making preparations in this respect. The action aims to clean up Chilika Lake by lowering pollutants and carbon emissions. The Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) made a recommendation in this respect on Friday. The suggestion was made during a meeting that Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena presided over.

Senior representatives of the Forest & Environment, Animal Resources, Fisheries, Pollution Control Board, and OREDA departments, as well as Additional Chief Secretary for Energy Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Director for Tourism Sachin Ramchandra Yadav, and others, attended the meeting. It has been noted that the use of diesel-powered boats contributes to several forms of pollution, including sound, air, and water pollution.

Boats that are powered by solar energy or batteries will soon operate at Chilika Lake. The State administration is now making preparations in this respect. The action aims to clean up Chilika Lake by lowering pollutants and carbon emissions. The Odisha Renewable Energy Development Agency (OREDA) made a recommendation in this respect on Friday. The suggestion was made during a meeting that Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena presided over.

Senior representatives of the Forest & Environment, Animal Resources, Fisheries, Pollution Control Board, and OREDA departments, as well as Additional Chief Secretary for Energy Nikunja Bihari Dhal, Director for Tourism Sachin Ramchandra Yadav, and others, attended the meeting. It has been noted that the use of diesel-powered boats contributes to several forms of pollution, including sound, air, and water pollution

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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