Reply affidavit filed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the matter of Debadityo Sinha & Others Vs Union of India & Others. An application filed before the NGT said that illegal construction activities and clearing the vegetation and forest using massive earthwork and levelling the land …
Korean steelmaker says the original size of the plant will remain unchanged An expert panel has recommended renewal of environment clearance for Posco’s proposed steel project in Odisha, raising hopes that the Korean company will be able to start work on its much-delayed plant. Posco’s original $12-billion proposed plant at …
The anti-Posco brigade has cheered the notification of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) asking both Government of India and the Oidsha government to stop cutting of trees at the project site on environmental grounds. But the tribunal order failed to impact land acquisition drive for the mega steel project as …
The state government has already acquired 2,000 acres of land for the Posco project Moving ahead in its land acquisition spree for the Posco project, the Jagatsinghpur district administration aims to complete acquisition of 700 acres of land for the mega steel project in a week. The state government has …
Waking up to the tidal surge threat, the Odisha government has finalised a World Bank funded comprehensive blueprint to protect the vulnerable seaside human settlements from ingress of furious sea waves in Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur districts. The Rs 45 crore project under National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Programme (NCRMP) is getting …
The statutory environment panel has revoked the clearance given to South Korean steel major Posco’s Rs 54,000-crore integrated steel plant and port project in Jagatsinghpur in Odisha, raising fears that the venture may get further delayed. Posco will now have to go through the process of environmental clearance— at least …
The Odisha government today submitted a status report on the Posco project at a meeting convened at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi. The report mentioned the steps taken for the progress of the project work, said sources. The meeting, was presided over by the joint secretary of Department of Industrial …
Land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project resumed in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday after being suspended for about two-and-a-half months. The restarting of the demolition of betel vines at Gobindpur village at the proposed plant site near Paradip coincided with Posco-India CMD YW Yoon meeting Development Commissioner …
Project opponents handing over land; Odisha offers to withdraw cases against activists Even as the Centre is set to review the progress on the Posco mega steel plant in Odisha, in an inter-departmental ministerial committee meeting on Tuesday, the renewed land acquisition drive for the plant, near Paradip, continued peacefully …
After remaining suspended for about two-and-a-half months, land acquisition today resumed for Posco Steel’s Rs 52,000-crore mega project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. Ten betel vine plantations were dismantled in the first few hours without any resistance from locals, official sources said, adding that payments would be made soon. Meanwhile, anti-Posco …
BHUBANESWAR: A high-level committee set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review the mega Posco steel project in the state has spelled fresh trouble for the much-hyped project. The committee headed by K Roy Paul was constituted as per the March 30, 2012 order of …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to restart land acquisition work the mega Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district soon, official sources said on Monday. With the Budget session of the state assembly having ended last week, the Naveen Patnaik dispensation is making all arrangements to go all-out to give …
The steel ministry has asked the environment ministry to expressly revalidate the green clearance to Posco’s stranded steel project in Orissa “to avoid unnecessary noises raised by NGOs and anti-project entities.” The ministry would also begin fresh talks with the Naveen Patnaik government to stress the need to hand over …
BHUBANESWAR: Mamata Das (name changed) of the nondescript Dhinkia village in Odisha has perhaps never met any of the members of Meera Paibi, the all-women group fighting state atrocities and human rights violations in Manipur. But last week, there was an underlying similarity that linked Das and other women villagers …
This is a critique by Environment Support Group of the weak review of the environmental and social impacts of the POSCO project in Orissa, and how this has resulted in making project affected communities into a 'rightless people'. This study is an effort to deeply enquire into the circumstances and …
At least 20 persons, most of them women, were injured in a lathi charge when they were demonstrating in the Posco project area on Thursday demanding the withdrawal of armed police from their locality. At least two women protesters protested seminude. Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi confirmed the incident …
BHUBANESWAR: In what seems to be a desperate move to stall the ongoing land acquisition move by the government, anti-Posco group on Wednesday threatened to organize a nude protest, even as South Korean ambassador to India Kim Joong-Keun expressed concern over the delay in implementation of the proposed mega steel …
DHINKIA: A large number of anti-Posco villagers, including women and children, defied the prohibitory order of the administration on Tuesday and organized a protest meeting at Patana haat under Dhinkia gram panchayat after the cremation of three bomb blast victims. The bodies of Narahari Sahoo, Tarun Mandal and Manas Jena …
Land acquisition for the Posco steel project continued amid a tense atmosphere with the anti-project brigade led by Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) staging its protest rally at Patana village in the project site violating the prohibitory orders. The protest meet was supported by leaders of six political parties and …
Paradip (Odisha): As land acquisition for Posco steel plant continued for second day on Monday in Odisha, Jagatsinghpur district administration clamped prohibitory orders in Patana area where three anti-Posco activists were killed two days ago while allegedly making bombs. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC were imposed in Patana …
Administration clamps prohibitory orders to prevent opponents' rally Continuing its land acquisition drive at the Posco project site near Paradip, the Jagatsinghpur district administration on Monday dismantled 24 betel vines in Gobindpur village even as the anti-Posco brigade mobilized its supporters to hold a protest rally at neighbouring Patana village …
