No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
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Balancing act for India in overhaul of archaic land law
Among major projects stalled awaiting new legislation are Posco, ArcelorMittal, Tata Steel and Coal India More than a century after it was drawn up by British colonial rulers, India's land acquisition law is finally set for a revamp that promises to breathe life into scores of frozen industrial and infrastructure projects and help lift the sagging economy.
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Steel projects to go under scanner soon
Land acquisition delay holding up mega projects, admits minister Projects proposed by steel players who have signed MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with the Odisha government are set to go under the scanner soon. The state steel & mines department intends to conduct a comprehensive review of such projects after the end of the state assembly's monsoon session, which is scheduled to be held from August 28 to September 7.
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MoEF panel on Posco project to submit report by October
A four-member expert team of the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF), which visited the Posco project site near Paradip on Tuesday, will submit its report to the ministry on environmental implications of the $12 billion steel plant by October. “We have collected information on the Posco project after our field visit. By October, we will be able to submit our report to the concerned ministry,”,K Ray Paul, leader of the expert panel told newsmen after emerging out of a meeting with state chief secretary B K Patnaik.
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Posco plant impact on coastal ecology: Expert team to submit report by October
The four-member expert team, studying the impact of the proposed mega steel plant by Posco on the coastal ecology, is likely to submit its report to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)
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Odisha to review Posco plant status this week
MoEF team skips meeting people at project site The Odisha government has decided to review the status of the Posco steel project towards the end of this week, even as an expert team of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) visited the proposed plant site on Tuesday. “We will review all mega steel investment projects on August 25 including the Posco plant. We have acquired all litigation free land in the area and will discuss about acquiring more land from disputed site,” said Rajnikant Singh, minister of state for steel and mines.
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MoEF team visits Posco site for green clearance
More than four months after the National Green Tribunal suspended the environmental clearance granted to Korean steelmaker Posco for its 12 million tonne per annum integrated steel complex in Orissa’s
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Ministry team flayed for ‘selective’ site visit to reassess Posco project impact
The expert committee’s visit to Odisha on Tuesday to reassess the ecological impact of the Posco steel project lasted only for one hour and covered only selective sites, green activists have alleged.
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SC Judgement on Captive Mine Crucial for Posco
South Korean steel manufacturer Posco faces a critical moment as India’s apex court takes up for hearing the grant of a captive iron ore mine in Odisha. Posco hopes, once some of the country’s leading
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MoEF expert team to visit Posco site today
A four-member expert team constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is scheduled to visit the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip on Tuesday. The team was formed by MoEF in line with the order of the National Green Tribunal which had suspended the environmental clearance of the project in March this year and wanted an expert team to visit the site to assess the impact of the project on the environment afresh.
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MoEF set to extend green nod to Posco
A panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended re-validation of the green clearance accorded to South Korean steel giant Posco by five more years till 2017. In its meeting on June 14, the expert