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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Centre asks Orissa to stop work on Posco project
<p>The Ministry of Environment today asked the Orissa government to stop all work related to the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel project, following the recommendation of an expert committee to revoke the clearance given to the South Korean steel major in December 2009. Jairam Ramesh
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Green min puts Orissas Posco project on hold
New Delhi: The Centre has put the Posco project on hold, pointing to violation of the Forest Rights Act and deliberate attempt by the Orissa administration to hide facts. While not going as far as withdrawing permission given to the Rs 54,000-crore mega steel plant to use forest land, the environment and forests ministry has ordered all work to be stopped at the site.
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Stop work at Posco site: MoEF to Orissa
Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the ongoing controversy over the Posco steel project in Orissa, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday came out strongly in open against the environment and forest ministry
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Halt Posco work, Jairams Ministry to Orissa; Naveen sends SOS to PM
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Stop Posco project, Centre tells Orissa
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Panel shows red flag over Posco
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Stop work order in POSCO dated 04th August 2010
<p>Stop work order in POSCO dated 04th August 2010 with regard to diversion of 1253.225 ha of forest land for establishment of Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port by POSCO-India Pvt. Ltd., Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa.</p>
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More trouble for Posco as panel indicts co for violating Forest Act
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MoEF/MoTA committee report of visit to Jagatsinghpur
Three members of the MoEF/MoTA Committee (Arupjyoti Saikia, Ravi Rebbapragada and Ashish Kothari) went to Jagatsinghpur as part of the MoEF/MoTA FRA Committee
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Environment ministry clears Andhra project
New Delhi: Going purely on the assurances of Andhra Pradesh government, the Union environment and forests ministry has cleared the longpending case of diverting 3,831 hectares of forest land for Rs 8,000-crore Polavaram project on Godavari river in AP meant to provide irrigation water to four districts.