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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Protest May Queer Pitch for Odisha Govts Posco Assurance Report
The Odisha state government has said that it will submit its assurance that there are no tribals or traditional forest dwellers in Posco project area this week. Even as it is finalising the assurance report, villagers in the area, particularly the villages of Dhinkia and Gobindpur are in the process of filing their individual claims under the Forest Rights Act.
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Orissa to Submit Reply on Posco Project to Centre Next Week
Under pressure to speed up the process for starting Posco's 12 million tonne steel project, Orissa government has decided to submit its assurance report to the Centre next week, reiterating its earlier that there was no tribal inhabitant or traditional forest dwellers in the villages demarcated for project near Paradip. Chief secretary B K Patnaik on Sunday said chief minister Naveen Patnaik has
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State to allow Posco to swap iron ore for making better steel
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has agreed with South Koran steel major Posco India to allow swap of certain quantities of iron ore for production of better quality steel in its proposed 12 MTPA steel project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. Announcing this in the State Assembly here on Wednesday, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty while replying to a question, said that the c
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Posco Project Faces Fresh Protest
Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti organised a rally on Sunday to renew its opposition to the $12 billion project For Posco India, trouble for its proposed 12 million tonne steel project seems to be far from over.
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Posco: villagers to intensify stir
BALITUTHA: Tension prevailed in the area selected for the proposed mega steel plant of Posco in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday as villagers opposing the project came out to vent their anger against the State government for trying to mislead the Union Ministry of Environment Forests about the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in their locality. Participating in a public rally at
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Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
THERE’S A haunting image from 2010 that many Indians might have missed. Tucked inside a newspaper was a picture of an elderly farmer in a white kurta, slumped defenceless on his knees against an emerald
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Two villages expose Orissa lie on Posco
New Delhi: The Orissa government will have an uphill task assuring Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh that it has adhered to the Forest Rights Act in handing over forest land to the Posco Integrated Steel Plant. The environment ministry
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613 families to be displaced for Posco project
Seeking cooperation from the locals for establishment of the Rs 52,000 crore Posco project near Paradip, the State Government on Wednesday said only 613 families would be displaced because of the mega steel plant. While the number of families facing displacement due to the project was initially put at 803, it came down to 613 after the State Government decided not to acquire private land at Dhi
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Ready to resist
Villagers of Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur are preparing for an all-out battle to defeat attempts to implement the Posco project. VISITORS to Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur district in Orissa are stopped at the barricades at its entry points.
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Post 20% duty, NMDC wants Centre to review ore exports
NATIONAL Mineral Development Corporation has asked the government to give a "careful consideration" before asking it to continue exports to Japanese Steel Mills and Posco ARGUING that imposition of 20 per cent ad valorem duty on iron ore exports would deplete its export earnings by a huge margin, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) has asked the government to give a