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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A Million Mutinies Now
Not long ago, at Lalgarh in West Bengal, the country witnessed the first fully televised confrontation between the Indian State and its subjects, in which the goal of the insurgents was not to create a separate state or country, but to capture the Indian State itself.
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Land row halts Orissa projects
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO Mega industrial projects in Orissa are stalled thanks to the land acquisition problem. A review of 13 ongoing mega projects by the state industry minister, Mr Raghunath Mohanty, on Thursday, revealed that steel majors ArcelorMittal, Posco and Tata Steel are struggling to acquire the allotted land due to the protests by the residents.
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Posco to set up Foundation for project-affected
BHUBANESWAR: The South Korean steel major Posco on Tuesday announced that the company will establish Posco Foundation to work for the people in the area affected by its steel plant project. This was stated by Joon Yang Chung, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Posco, after a meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here which stretched for more than an hour.
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Posco to treat encroachers on a par with the displaced
Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar September 4, 2009, 1:31 IST Compensation to squatters would push up land acquisition cost.
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Posco delinks mining from steel project, work to start early 2010
Bhubaneswar: The South Korean steel major POSCO has changed its strategy in implementing the 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa. The company has delinked the mines from the project and decided to go ahead with the project construction instead of waiting for the mines to start the work.
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Anti-Posco team vows resistance
BHUBANESWAR: Problems facing the South Korean giant Posco and the State Government over establishment of the steel plant near Paradip seems to be far from over. A day after clear indications of plant work beginning early next year, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) on Thursday announced that the agitation against the project will continue till it is shelved.
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No shifting of site: Posco
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Aug. 26: South Korean steel major Pohang Steel Company (Posco) on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of shifting its 12-million-tonne integrated steel plant site from Kujang area near Paradip in Orissa to some other locations in the country.
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Orissa focuses on Posco
Aug. 19: The Orissa government has started taking renewed interest in expediting the land acquisition work for the proposed Posco steel project after the company agreed to begin peri-pheral work such as the construction of a 10-km-long marine line road. The road was considered important to transport raw materials to the proposed steel plant.
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Dist admn expedites Posco project work
PARADIP: District administration has taken initiative to expedite land acquisition and other activities for establishment of Posco steel project. The administration held a review meeting with Posco officials and Revenue officials recently in this regard.
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Posco moving out of Orissa, says Mines Minister
Mines Minister B K Handique today said that South Korean steel plant Posco, facing problems of land acquisition in Orissa, will be moving to a different place. "Posco has told me that (it is) moving to a different place as (it is) facing problems in acquiring land," he said.