Dengue cases on the rise in Bhubaneswar
BHUBANESWAR: Dengue positive cases are on the rise in the capital city. Though the state government claims that it takes several measures to control dengue disease, positive cases have crossed 650 mark
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NAC favours gram sabha nod for private project
NEW DELHI: The National Advisory Council's recommendation that all private projects must secure consent from 70% of members of all affected gram sabhas before land acquisition is permitted promises to become the biggest headache for the industry if accepted. As of now, such provisions only exist for forest land under the Forest Rights Act and they too have been observed mostly in breach.
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Hearing on Posco land acquisition adjourned till June 3
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking stay on the ongoing land acquisition for the Posco project near Paradip till June three and asked the petitioners to file a fresh affidavit. The court, which was scheduled to hear the case filed by some residents from villages at the proposed plant site in Jagatsinghpur district, asked the petitioners to file the
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Posco project: UAC agrees to cooperate
Jagatsinghpur: After a break of two days, the district administration on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Posco project and managed to demolish 18 betel vine patches at Nuagaon village in the project area. It handed Rs 37.50 lakh to the beneficiaries who handed over their betel vines to the district administration for land acquisition. The United Action Committee (UAC) mem
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Posco restarts land acquisition after 2-day hiccup
A day after hardening its stand, the United Action Committee on Monday appeared a little calm and allowed the Jagatsinghpur district administration to resume the land acquisition process for the `52,000-crore steel project.
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Tribals fear losing land to Khandadhar mining
ROURKELA: The echo of land acquisition for Posco steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district reverberates in the tribal hinterland of Khandadhar, as the spectre of iron ore mining by the South Korean company haunts the primitive tribals near the waterfall. Disquiet prevailed in the villages in and around the bio-rich reserve, about 85 km from Rourkela, with the primitive Paudi Bhuiyan tribes apprehen
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Posco land acquisition stalled for two days
Facing stiff resistance from villagers, the Jagatsinghpur administration late on Friday decided to stop the land acquisition process for the Posco steel project for the next two days. Additional District Magistrate S K Chowdhury said,
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Posco Land acquisition work suspended for two days
HC issues notices to Centre, state govt and Posco India on PILs filed by affected villagers Land acquisition work for the Posco project suffered a setback on the third day today due to non-cooperation of the villagers who backed out of the process as a mark of protest over the arrest of 32 activists of United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit on Thursday. Faced with the resistance of
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Jairam’s steely faith may be belied
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh put his ‘faith’ to the test by giving forest clearance for the 12 million tonne steel plant of the South Korean major POSCO in Odisha last week. He ‘trusts’ that
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Posco land acquisition work faces villagers' resistance
32 UAC activists arrested, freed later After a smooth beginning to the Posco land acquisition work on Wednesday, the Jagatsinghpur district administration today faced a roadblock in the process as many villagers did not turn up for identification of betel vines following the arrest of 32 activists of United Action Committee, a pro-Posco outfit. UAC had boycotted the land acquisition work as it
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32 arrested as pro-Posco forum protests
In a major turn of events, the United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco forum that was hitherto supporting the proposed `52,000-crore steel plant project, on Thursday turned hostile and obstructed land acquisition process, forcing the administration to arrest at least 32 UAC members. The arrested persons, among others, included UAC president Anadi Rout.