Protection of mankind depends on safe nature’
The future of mankind will be protected only when the nature is kept unharmed, viewed environmentalists and intellectuals at an award distribution ceremony held by the House of Nature, Environment and
Orissa
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Panel pegs illegal Orissa mining at Rs59,000 cr
If the value of the iron ore and manganese mined in Sundargarh and Keonjhar districts for one year is given to the tribal families of the two Orissa districts, each of the tribals would be richer by Rs
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Plan to save blackbucks & turtles
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha government has sanctioned Rs 2.25 crore for conservation of blackbucks and freshwater turtles under a state plan scheme of wildlife conservation and protection. The wildlife wing will
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Supreme Court stays environment ministry's move to allow mining without green nod
In what could halt many mining activities, the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a ministry of environment and forests notification permitting mining in forest areas for two years without clearances under Forest Conservation Act and Environment Protection Act. The February 1, 2013 notification had told states that mining activities in forest areas should be stopped if the lease holder failed to obtain clearances under FCA and EPA within two years of commencing mining operations.
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Miners made a killing, thanks to helpless law: M.B. Shah
‘The pursuit of super profits has drained the miners of feeling for fellow human beings’ It is one of the most scathing reports from the stable of Justice M.B. Shah Commission on illegal iron and manganese ore mining. It holds businessmen, the Odisha government and the Union government, responsible for systematic exploitation of natural resources and linked rampant corruption.
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Villagers up against OPGC
Peeved over clandestine approach of Odisha Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) officials to acquire land in Tilia village for expansion of Units III and IV (2 X 660 MW) of Thermal Power Station, the villagers
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Odisha Asks Officials to File Case Against Mine Lessees
With an inquiry finding a large number of mines flouting environmental laws in the state, Odisha government has asked the collectors of at least six mineral rich districts to file cases against them.
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Order of the National Green Tribunal on the issue of cutting of trees in the forest area by POSCO, 24/01/2014
POSCO "would not carry on tree cutting/felling in the forest area" till the Odisha government gives forest clearance, says National Green Tribunal in this order dated 24/01/2014. Read text of this NGT order.
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Vedanta nudges Odisha to allot laterite mines soon
Company has also filed 33 applications for alternative bauxite mines Continuing its frenzied efforts to secure alternate bauxite supplies, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has urged the Odisha government to fast track its applications for three small laterite deposits in Koraput district for mining lease by the end of this month.
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Vedanta Targets 80-90 % Capacity Utilisation on Better Bauxite Supply
Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) is targeting to achieve a capacity utilisation of 80-90% this month, boosted by availability of bauxite from several sources, even as its plans for captive mining in Odisha remains
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Rich to be kept out of food scheme ambit in Odisha
The Odisha government has come up with a host of parameters to prepare an exclusion criteria that will separate high income group from the targeted beneficiary of the food security scheme, which will be