Odisha plans to restore coastal green cover
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
Uprooted trees in Puri. Nearly 22 lakh trees have been destroyed in the cyclone in Odisha.Biswaranjan Rout Cyclone Fani-hit State aims at planting over 1.3 crore saplings as per a five-year scheme
BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to restart land acquisition work the mega Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district soon, official sources said on Monday. With the Budget session of the state assembly having ended last week, the Naveen Patnaik dispensation is making all arrangements to go all-out to give the proposed 12 billion US dollars FDI project a push, a senior government officer said.
The green revalidation for the Korean major is stuck with the expert panel Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has said the government has not firmed up its views on green clearance for the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project in Odisha. The expert appraisal committee (EAC) was yet to submit its report to her ministry. “It is only after they submit the report that we can think about the final clearances,” Natarajan told Business Standard.
Mineral ores will be made available in a fair and equitable manner through the state mine PSU OMC and other mining lessees An inter-ministerial committee of the Odisha government constituted to formulate a long-term ore linkage policy for local industries expects to submit its report soon. "The ministerial panel has heard the views of all stakeholders. We have discussed the pros and cons of the suggestions given by them. Our report will focus on a wide range of factors like availability of ore and its pricing. By the end of this month, we hope to submit the report," said Prasanna Acharya, finance minister and chairman of the inter-ministerial panel.
A Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the Assembly on Friday has found that the state government has, between 2000 and 2012, allotted 464.479 acres of government land in Bhubaneswar
‘Odisha Govt Gave Undue Benefits to Korean Co’ Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Odisha government for extending undue benefits to South Korean company Posco while allotting a plot in Bhubaneswar. The CAG, in its latest report on the general and social sector tabled in the state assembly on Saturday, has detected seven cases, including Posco’s 21.43 acre of land, where the Odisha government allotted land in “deviation of the land use zone and category of the land”.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found Odisha government of extending undue benefits to South Korean steel major Posco in allotment of a piece of land in the state capital here. "The company
While Bhubaneswar recorded 42.2 degree Celsius, the highest of the season, it was also about five degree above the normal.| Illustration: Tapas Ranjan The weather office issued the first heatwave warning
Probe panel hears cases of 27 mines The Justice MB Shah commission enquiring into illegal mining issues in Odisha on Wednesday will hear on violation of Rule-37 of Mineral Concession Rules (MCR)-1960, an exercise that remained incomplete in its last hearing. The probe panel on Tuesday heard cases of 27 mines of lessees like Rungta Mines and MGM Group on the first day of its three-day hearing in Ahmedabad.
BHUBANESWAR: Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL), a joint venture company of Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India (MMTC), Industrial Promotion & Investment Corporation of Odisha Limited (IPICOL),
Odisha government said on Tuesday that it has engaged five private agencies for disposal of e-waste and created awareness on the danger of such pollution. This was announced by Forest and Environment