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 …
The steel maker was also buying the balance lumpy ore from the stand alone miner to feed its three mtpa steel unitat Raigad (Chhatisgarh) The closure notice served on Sarada Mines is set to have a debilitating effect on the steel and pellet plant operations of Jindal Steel &Power; Ltd …
In Keonjhar district, 21 lessees including top miners like SAIL, Facor and state-run Odisha Mining Corporation are in the defaulters' list Ruling out any laxity for mine lessees for flouting Environment (Protection) Act- 1986, the state forest & environment department has asked the Keonjhar collector to file prosecution immediately against …
The state-run miner had received stage one forest nod in January this year, amid a series of clearances expedited by new MoEF minister M Veerappa Moily Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) is hopeful of Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) granting the final forest clearance for its largest iron ore …
The three-member Supreme Court-appointed central empowerment committee (CEC) headed by Justice P V Jayakrishnan visited Keonjhar district on Wednesday. The panel members met the collector before heading for Thakurani iron ore block, belonging to Sarada Mines, at Barbil, about 70 km from here. Senior forest, mining and revenue officers accompanied …
SAIL has not paid NPV for forest land coming within its Harmath iron and manganese mines under Keonjhar division The Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) has sought lease wise details of the net present value (NPV) realised from the miners for diversion of forest land in Odisha. The …
Days after the MB Shah Commission report on illegal mining was tabled in Parliament, two companies that hold mining leases in Orissa have approached the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the report on grounds that it had indicted them without giving an opportunity to be heard. The two petitioners …
After Justice MB Shah Commission in its report pointed out that stock of fines (remnants of iron ore) was causing water pollution, the state government has asked Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) to check pollution near iron ore mines. The commission looked into multi-crore mining scams in Odisha and …
The company has already shut down its 600,000 mtpa plant at Keonjhar Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has ordered to initiate legal action against Ardent Steel Limited (ASL), for running a pellet plant without obtaining environmental clearance. Accordingly, the forest and environment department of Odisha government has commenced …
Government has sent out 146 notices to leading iron and steel makers which were allegedly involved into illegal mining. Minerals worth about Rs 60,000 crore were illegally mined in Odisha during 2008-2011, Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry said in its report tabled in Parliament today. The first part of …
Government has sent out 146 notices to leading iron and steel makers which were allegedly involved into illegal mining Shah Commission says Rs 60K cr lost to illegal mining in Odisha Minerals worth about Rs 60,000 crore were illegally mined in Odisha during 2008-2011, Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry …
A total road network of 1790.37 km will be established in 14 districts ADB approves Rs 967 cr road projects for Phailin hit regions The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved Rs 966.75 crore for 484 new road projects to be implemented across 14 districts of Odisha hit by tropical …
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 9.43 lakh, says justice MB Shah Commission in its report on Orissa …
Keonjhar, Sundergarh, Angul and Koraput see maximum diversion As many as 18077.329 hectares (ha) of forest land have been diverted for mining activities in the state till June 2013. “About 52040.805 ha of different types of forest land are leased out in the mining areas. On approval of the Union …
A two-year-old tribal child died of a mysterious disease at Munda Sahi of Swam village in Patna area of the district on Monday. Including this, five tribal kids have died in the village in last three weeks. The child was identified as Runa Munda. He succumbed at Patna community health …
Letter to M/s Bharat Process and Mechanical Engineers Ltd. from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding environmental clearance of Dalki Manganese Ore Mine of M/s Bharat Process and Mechanical Engineers Ltd., Villages Dalki, Soyabahal, Sading and Thakurani R.F., Tehsil Barbil, Distt. Keonjhar, Orissa.
Essar Steel was on Monday permitted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to start construction for laying a portion of its 253-km long slurry pipeline to transport iron ore from its steel beneficiation plant in Keonjhar district of Odisha to another unit in Paradeep. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson …
Manmohan Singh’s high-level panel to examine controversial issue of mining. The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council will examine whether developmental interventions and constitutional safeguards — including Fifth Schedule provisions — have come to the aid of tribal people in Left Wing Extremism-affected districts in central India. An NAC Working Group …
The State Government has set a target to improve 2,158 km of State Highways to two-lane standards during the 12th Plan period. The double-laning of the roads will be taken under the State Highway Development Project (SHDP) with an estimated cost of around Rs 3,000 crore. A project management cell …
Odisha government will soon cancel all nine mineral concession applications of Deepak Steel and Power Limited (DSPL). Faced with severe criticism for its apparent failure to curb illegal mining, the Naveen Patnaik government for the first time has taken a pro-active move to punish DSPL in the wake of startling …
Apart from that firms in dock are Tata Steel, Essel Mining, MCL, OMC At a time when the mine owners in Odisha are already burdened with a hefty penalty of Rs 65,000 crore imposed by the mines department for excess ore extraction, there is no let up from the environment …
