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 the process of land acquisition for the project. "According to sources available with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (the state's …
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 …
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 the state government conducted a thorough search and found that there are no tribals or …
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 …
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 …
PARADIP: The district administration has decided to go ahead with land acquisition for Posco steel project on Wednesday despite protests from anti-Posco groups. Land acquisition will be carried out with the help of the Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO), said District Collector Narayan Chandra Jena. The administration on Tuesday conducted …
Bhubaneshwar The Orissa government on Wednesday resumed land acquisition for Posco-India's 12-million tonne steel project at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district after 10 months. Day 1 went off peacefully, despite apprehension that there would be fierce resitance by anti-Posco groups and non-cooperation by pro-Posco outfits. The district administration demolished as many …
Down To Earth senior editor Richard Mahapatra reports >> Government officials have started acquiring land in two villages in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. The work started in villages Nugaon and Polang around 7:30 a.m. Situation is very tense as, 2,000 people from five other villages are marching towards Nugaon and Polang. …
Bhubaneswar: The decision of the Odisha government to resume land acquisition for the proposed steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district from Wednesday faced trouble on Monday with villagers supporting the project announcing non-cooperation and opponents demanding relocation of the proposed plant site from the fertile land. Though we want …
BHUBANESWAR: With about a day to go before the State government resumes land acquisition for the 12-mn tonne Posco Steel Plant at Jagatsinghpur district, five political parties on Monday joined forces and vowed not to allow the process. Demanding a change in the site for the Rs 52,000-crore steel project, …
`We have urged the state administration not to go for land acquisition on Wednesday. If it does, it will face our non-cooperation,' UAC chief said. The Orissa govern ment might not be able resume the land acquisition process for the 12-milliontonne Posco steel project on Wednesday as a meeting held …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State government readies for land acquisition for the Posco steel project, the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), which is spearheading a movement against the project, has announced that it would oppose the process. To add to the woes, the United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit, …
Fear of submergence haunts Kurturu, a village nestled in the Papi hills of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh. In 2005, a band of officials, an unusual sight in this remote village in West Godavari district, visited the place and marked a rock. Then they broke the news about the …
MUMBAI: As students of the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) walked up to the podium to get their medals during the 71st convocation ceremony from the chief guest, they handed him pocket-sized anti-nuclear placards in return. For, the chief guest was Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh and the students …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Saturday decided to resume land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project near Paradip from May 18. "The State Government will start the land acquisition work for the project from May 18 and it will be completed within a month," stateowned Industrial Infrastructure …
Having got the green nod from the Union environment ministry for its mega plant in Odisha, South Korean steel major Posco will now be bracing for the next big challenge for its $12-billion project -land acquisition. This has been a sensitive and thorny issue in the mineral-rich state, where domestic …
The Union minister of state for environment and forests (not to forget, independent charge), Jairam Ramesh, made a curious remark while signing off on the Posco project in Orissa. While declaring correctly that "faith and trust in what the state government says is an essential pillar of cooperative federalism&", and …
