Odisha News, Odisha Latest news, Odisha Daily - OrissaPOST
  • Home
  • Trending
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Feature
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • More..
    • Odisha Special
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Careers
    • Sci-Tech
    • Timeout
    • Horoscope
    • Today’s Pic
  • Video
  • Epaper
  • News in Odia
  • Home
  • Trending
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Feature
  • Entertainment
  • Sports
  • More..
    • Odisha Special
    • Editorial
    • Opinion
    • Careers
    • Sci-Tech
    • Timeout
    • Horoscope
    • Today’s Pic
  • Video
  • Epaper
  • News in Odia
No Result
View All Result
OrissaPOST - Odisha Latest news, English Daily -
No Result
View All Result

Illegal activities flourish along Kendrapara coastline

Post News Network
Updated: December 14th, 2022, 11:00 IST
in State, Top Stories
0
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on WhatsAppShare on Linkedin

Kendrapara: Five years have elapsed since the Odisha government wrote to the Home Ministry seeking permission to raise a special police battalion that will enhance security along the state’s 480 km-long coastline. However, the Union Home Ministry is yet to reply to it. The then additional secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy had mentioned in the letter that the setting up of the proposed Coastal India Reserve Battalion (CIRB) will help in supplementing the efforts of the marine police in tightening security along the coastline. Locals in this town, including Radhakanta Mohanty said that out of the 480km-long coastline, 48 kilometres pass through Kendrapara district. The Talachua, Tantiapal and Jambu marine police stations have been set up for maintaining security along the coastline.

However, lack of proper infrastructure and manpower shortage has hampered their functioning. Rampant intrusions are taking place on a daily basis as these police stations do not have boats to patrol the coastline. During the India-Pakistan war in 1971, a total of 1,237 refugees from Bangladesh were rehabilitated by the Odisha government in remote corners of Kendrapara district.

Also Read

Kangaroo Court

Woman, two youths tied up, assaulted by kangaroo court

2 hours ago
Chhatrapur

Delayed overbridge on highway causes traffic chaos

2 hours ago

However, the numbers have grown astoundingly since then with 76,000 Bengali-speaking people now living in the region. These settlers are creating huge problems for the Bhitarkanika National Park which is home to saltwater crocodiles, various species of wildlife, reptiles, birds, and mangrove plantations. They have cleared green cover on large tracts of land to establish prawn gherries. The problems can be resolved if the CIRB is set up and deployed in the area, locals said. A senior resident of this town, Amarbar Biswal informed that police unearthed a fake radio station at Banipal inside the Bhitarkanika forest in 2001.

A probe found out that it was being used to send confidential defence secrets about Wheeler Island (now Abdul Kalam Island) from where the country tests newly-developed missiles. In 2002, miscreants involved in illegal fishing shot dead a guard after Rajnagar forest officials tried to seize the trawler. In another incident, coastguard personnel was involved in a shootout with some fishermen who were illegally catching fish in the prohibited zone of Gahirmatha marine sanctuary in 2019. A probe has revealed that the coastline has become porous and the entry point for all sorts of illegal activities like the smuggling of firearms, fake currency notes, and drugs.

Locals said that the formation of the CIRB will help in reducing illegal activities. Social activist Pratap Chandra Padhi informed that several boats from Bangladesh have been seized during raids by the Forest department in the last three years. This year 10 boats have been seized only in November. It goes to show how illegal activities are flourishing, he added. Padhi asserted that the formation of the CIRB is a must for the security of India as well as the protection of wildlife in Bhitarkanika. When contacted, SDPO Jayant Mohapatra said that the establishment of CIRB is the need of the hour. He added that intrusion to some extent has been checked after the setting up of the marine police stations.

Tags: illegal activitiesKendrapara coastlineSpecial police battalion
ShareTweetSendShare
Suggest A Correction

Enter your email to get our daily news in your inbox.

 

OrissaPOST epaper Sunday POST OrissaPOST epaper

Click Here: Plastic Free Odisha

#MyPaperBagChallenge

Anasuya Sahoo

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Adrita Bhattacharya

December 12, 2019
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Dibya Ranjan Das

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Aishwarya Ranjan Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Geetanjali Patro

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pragyan Priyambada

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Spinoj Pattnaik

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Rajashree Pravati Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Priyabrata Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Shreyanshu Bal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Kamana Singh

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Diptiranjan Biswal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Tabish Maaz

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Narendra Kumar

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Ankita Balabantray

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Praptimayee Biswal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pratik Kumar

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pitabas Tripathy

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Aman Kumar Barisal

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Lopali Pattnaik

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Ramakanta Sahoo

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Matrumangal Jena

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sibarama Khotei

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Debasis Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sisirkumar Maharana

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Adyasha Priyadarsani Sendha

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Sitakanta Mohanty

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Pratik Kumar Ghibela

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Jhili Jena

December 12, 2019
#MyPaperBagChallenge

Subhajyoti Mohanty

December 12, 2019

Archives

Editorial

Majoritarian Momentum

September 14, 2025

An American scholar has written a book in which he tries to explain China’s recent rise. Dan Wang’s thesis is...

Read moreDetails

CBI’s Glass House

September 13, 2025

India’s top anti-corruption watchdog, the CVC, has just delivered a stinging reality check to the CBI, and it’s not a...

Read moreDetails

Reviving 9/11 Spirit

Donald Trump
September 10, 2025

The memories of the deadly al-Qaeda strikes on 9/11 on iconic US building complexes are still alive even after several...

Read moreDetails

Evolving Nepal

Nepal
September 9, 2025

Violence erupted in Kathmandu 8 September as thousands of young Nepalese took to the streets and clashed with security forces,...

Read moreDetails
  • Home
  • State
  • Metro
  • National
  • International
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Opinion
  • Sports
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs
Developed By Ratna Technology

© 2025 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

  • News in Odia
  • Orissa POST Epaper
  • Video
  • Home
  • Trending
  • Metro
  • State
  • Odisha Special
  • National
  • International
  • Sports
  • Business
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Horoscope
  • Careers
  • Feature
  • Today’s Pic
  • Opinion
  • Sci-Tech
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Jobs

© 2025 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST

    • News in Odia
    • Orissa POST Epaper
    • Video
    • Home
    • Trending
    • Metro
    • State
    • Odisha Special
    • National
    • International
    • Sports
    • Business
    • Editorial
    • Entertainment
    • Horoscope
    • Careers
    • Feature
    • Today’s Pic
    • Opinion
    • Sci-Tech
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Jobs

    © 2025 All rights Reserved by OrissaPOST