The Odisha government has announced plans to build the country's first resettlement colony for people displaced by climate change. The colony will be located in Bagapatia and will provide housing, drinking water, electricity connections, roads, and other facilities for people affected by coastal erosion in the Satbhaya region of Kendrapada district. The project has been sanctioned by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who has allocated Rs 22.5 crore for the colony's first development phase
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Human-caused increases in greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere are a key driver of climate change. The information and communications technology (ICT) sector, as well as the data centre business, account for a sizable portion of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
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According to authorities from the chief minister's office (CMO), the Odisha government plans to create India's first resettlement colony for people displaced by climate change.
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