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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BJP to oppose Govt move for alternative mines to
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today warned the Government not to think of granting alternate mining lease to Vedanta Aluminium whose credential is doubtful. Reacting to Vedanta
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Reality checks on growth
Environmental fundamentalism is proving a major hurdle to economic development in India A V Rajwade / New Delhi September 06, 2010, 0:39 IST Continuing the last week
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Win Some, Lose Some
The fate of two of Orissa
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Korean activists tour proposed Posco sites
PARADIP: The South Korean Human Rights activists, who were at Dhinkia and Gobindpur villages to study the Posco project
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MoEF expands terms of reference of Posco committee
Will review compliance of the project with various statutory provisions and central, state clearances. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has expanded the terms of reference of the Meena Gupta committee probing into alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act at the Posco project site in Orissa. The order amending the terms of reference said that it will now review the compliance
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Industrialisation spells doom for Khandadhar
ROURKELA: If Khandadhar waterfall faces the threat of premature death, blame it on the industries sprouting on its periphery. Rampant mining by OMC at less than a km from the scenic hilly rivulet seems to be leaving a telling blow on the flora and fauna of the bio-rich reserve.
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Posco report by September end
Bhubaneswar: The Meena Gupta Committee, which is probing into the implementation of Forest Right Act and the Rehabilitation & Re-settlement Policy in the proposed site for Posco
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Posco to suffer as panel purview widened
Debabrata Mohanty A week after the Ministry of Environment and Forests threw the Vedanta Aluminium project in Orissa into doldrums by denying final stage forest clearance, the fate of the 12 million tonne per annum steel project by Korean steelmaker Posco appears to be bleak after the ministry widened the ambit of the Meena Gupta panel looking into the steel project. In July this year, the
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Posco panel mandate widened
NEW DELHI: In a snub to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's claims that the Central government had promised to