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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Posco project to wipe out over six lakh trees
Bhubaneswar: Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco's Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the greenfield
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Renewal Plan of Posco’s MoU Remains in Limbo
The Orissa government has failed to keep its commitment for renewal of the revised agreement with Posco-India for the 12-million tonne steel plant near Paradip by July end, as the South Korean company
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Orissa again fails to renew Posco MoU
Despite repeated promises, the Orissa government has failed to keep its commitment to renewing the revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posco-India Ltd for the 12-million tonne steel plant by
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Over six lakh trees to be cut for Posco project
Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco’s Rs 52,000-crore mega steel project in Orissa’s coastal Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the
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Forest Rights Act is an attempt to undo a historical wrong
<p> There have been problems with the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, a landmark legislation of the UPA-I government. The problems have been to a great extent on account of discrepancy in rules.
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Brinda tells CM to talk with Posco villagers
BHUBANESWAR: CPM politburo member Brinda Karat on Saturday advised Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to hold direct talks with the people who will lose their land for the Posco project. Brinda met Naveen
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R&R included in draft land acquisition Bill
<p> Draft suggests payment of twice the market value for urban land and six times for rural land.</p> <p> The government on Friday came out with the latest version of a draft land Bill which, for the first time, seeks to include relief and rehabilitation measures.</p>
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Draft of Land Bill has 80 per cent consent rider, ban on acquiring irrigated land
While giving state governments the flexibility to acquire land either in full or in part for private companies for public purpose, the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement
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Private land acquisition for Posco gets underway
PARADIP: In a bid to acquire around 50 acres of private land to facilitate the Posco project, the district administration has served notices to around 18 villagers of Polang and Noliasahi in Gadakujang
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South Korea seeks cooperation on Posco deal
<p> Bhubaneswar: South Korea President Lee Myung-bak on Monday sought the cooperation of the Indian government in building the USD 12 billion (about Rs 54,000 crore) steel plant in Odisha, in the face