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
POSCO
-
Orissa Govt Cracks Down on Posco Protestors
The Orissa government on Friday came down heavily on anti-Posco protesters by arresting 18 villagers, including a prominent anti-Posco leader, and carried on with its land acquisition drive for the South Korean steel major
-
Orissa Govt Cracks Down on Posco Protestors
<p>The Orissa government on Friday came down heavily on anti-Posco protesters by arresting 18 villagers, including a prominent anti-Posco leader, and carried on with its land acquisition drive for the South Korean steel major’s 12 million tonnes steel plant near Paradip.
-
Anti-Posco protest flares up, 17 villagers arrested
Seventeen villagers in Orissa
-
Land acquisition for Posco goes on amidst tension
Jagatsinghpur: Palpable tension continued to prevail since Wednesday evening in Nuagaon and Polanga areas within the proposed Posco sites after some miscreants allegedly torched the betel vine of an anti-Posco supporter of Nuagaon village under Kujanga police station. The betel vine of Natha Samal, was set ablaze by some miscreants on Wednesday evening at about 8 pm in Polanga village. The a
-
Final push
<p> ON May 2, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh accorded final approval to the Orissa government for the diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land in favour of Pohang Steel Company
-
Posco may not get water for Karnataka steel project
Bangalore South Korean steel major Posco may not get water allotment for its proposed R32,366 crore integrated steel project in Karnataka as per its preference as the state government is likely to allot water from a reservoir, situated far away from the site. According to sources close to the development, Posco is interested in sourcing water from Tungabadra river, which is very close to the pr
-
The fox
<p>Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh isn't bothered how industry looks at him. He's here to enforce green laws. </p>
-
Eminent domain: Voice of the rich
Economists divided factors of production in four categories - land, labor, capital and entrepreneur. Anything that goes into production can be put in any of these four categories. Land is the primary factor
-
Orissa uses public purpose alibi to acquire land for Posco
NEW DELHI: A state government announces it is going to acquire land for 'public purpose'. The public purpose is to hand over the land to a specific private company.
-
Anti-Posco group takes 7 cops as hostage, frees them later
Jagatsinghpur: Seven policemen were held hostage by a group of villagers opposing the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant for nearly five hours on Saturday before being set free in Jagatsinghpur district. Seven policemen and the driver of police jeep which entered Patana village in Dhinkia panchayat were stopped by villagers, mostly women and were held captive, Additional Superintendent of Police