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
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
THE government plans to update the draft legislation on mining to unequivocally establish it as the owner of all natural resources, incorporating the substance of a Supreme Court verdict last month in the dispute between the Ambani brothers over the price of gas from the KG basin.
BHUBANESWAR: At least two persons were injured when the police resorted to lathi charge villagers opposing the establishment of a mega steel plant by Posco India Private Limited in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday. The police also arrested two persons on the charges of obstructing government officials from discharging their duties. Wait till talks end
PARADIP: Police on Wednesday lathicharged anti- Posco agitators, trying to prevent the socio- economic and forest survey, which resumed after three days at the project site for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel plant.
Bangalore: The Karnataka government is unlikely to clear any proposal from Korean steel major Posco for a steel plant in the State, even if the company decides to locate the plant in the State, Minister for Large and Medium Industries told The Hindu on Tuesday.
The socio-economic survey for the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project at Nuagaon panchayat, within the project site in Jagatsinghpur district, was hit today due to the protests of the local villagers. These agitating locals were backed by Congress leader and former legislator Umesh Swain.
MUMBAI: A six-member fact finding team, headed by Justice (retd) Hosbert Suresh of the Bombay High Court, Monday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the proposed POSCO project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district.
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: Orissa will emerge as a major steel hub in the country by 2015-16 with a total production capacity of 35-40 million tonne per annum.
The much-awaited discussion between Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti, the organization spearheading anti-Posco agitation and Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Central Range, of the Orissa government to resolve the tangle surrounding the South Korean company
Alleging fraudulent means adopted by the State Government, particularly the Jagatsingpur district administration by suppressing facts on implementation of the Forest Land Right Act in the proposed Posco project area, the Communist Party of India (CPI) Odisha State secretary Dibakar Nayak on Thursday sought cancellation of the forest and environment clearance to the Posco project near Paradip.
PARADIP: The socio-economic survey for Posco steel project was hampered in Noliasahi village under Gadakujang panchayat today due to protests by some villagers. As a result, 30 families of the village had to be left out of the survey by revenue officials.