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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Steel min, Jharkhand to meet on Chiria, Gua
A high-level delegation of the steel ministry led by steel secretary Pradeep Kumar Misra will meet Jharkhand chief secretary SK Chaudhary next week to seek renewal of leases of Chiria and Gua mines in favour of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). The delegation will also seek renewal of three leases of Kiriburu-Meghahauburu mines, for which the Jharkhand government had accorded in-principl
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Posco: Pause in land acquisition
The Orissa government on Monday paused land acquisition at the proposed steel plant of Posco in Dhinkia grampanchayat for next five days even as thousands of protesters dug their heels opposing the land acquisition. Since Friday, thousands of anti-Posco protesters under the banner of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti have formed human chain at Gobindpur village under Dhinkia grampanchayat preventi
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Naveen: No forceful land acquisition for Posco
Bhubaneshwar Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik has reacted to Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh's statement issued on Sunday, stating that there is no forceful land acquisition at Posco-India's proposed project site at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. "I reiterate that my government believes in peaceful industrialisation in the state," Patnaik said on Monday.
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Clearance No Licence for Forcible Acquisition: Ramesh
<p>Stir continues by locals in Dhinkia panchayat against Odisha acquiring land for Posco Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has appealed to the Odisha government to ensure that land is acquired “only through peaceful and law-governed means,” even as the face-off between police and locals protesting land acquisition for Posco's steel plant in Odisha continued for the third day.
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Ramesh warns Orissa against forcible land acquisition for Posco
Bhubaneswar A day after the Orissa government entered the Dhinkia gram panchayat area forcibly, literally through the back door to acquire land for the Posco steel plant project, Union minister for environment and forests sent a stinging reminder that forest clearance
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Jairam warns against forcible acquisition
Even as protests against the land acquisition for Posco
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Coercion not the way, Ramesh tells Orissa
The Union government on Sunday asked the Orissa government not to take precipitate action in the wake of a mass protest by locals against the land acquisition process launched at Govindpur village for the Posco steel plant. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said in a statement that coercion was not the way to resolve the crisis.
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Land acquisition for Posco project suspended till Friday
Posco Anti-project body says will intensify stir; recalcitrant villagers block government entry Even as the Jagatsinghpur district administration has suspended land acquisition for the Posco project for the next five days (for a local festival and holidays), the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), the organisation spearheading agitation against the mega steel plant of the South Korean firm,
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Jairam supports locals in Posco case
With thousands of locals protesting against land acquisition for the Posco steel plant in the Govindpur village of Orissa, minister of environment Jairam Ramesh warned Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik
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BJP to oppose captive port and iron ore swapping for Posco
Asking the Odisha government to consult opposition political parties before signing fresh MoU with Posco-India, BJP on Wednesday said that it would oppose any move to allow a captive port and iron ore swapping for the proposed steel project. In order to safeguard the interest of the state, the government must hold consultations with opposition parties and take their views on Posco project befor