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 …
THERE’S A haunting image from 2010 that many Indians might have missed. Tucked inside a newspaper was a picture of an elderly farmer in a white kurta, slumped defenceless on his knees against an emerald green field, a red bloodstain spreading in a slow seep across his chest. He had …
New Delhi: The Orissa government will have an uphill task assuring Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh that it has adhered to the Forest Rights Act in handing over forest land to the Posco Integrated Steel Plant. The environment ministry
Seeking cooperation from the locals for establishment of the Rs 52,000 crore Posco project near Paradip, the State Government on Wednesday said only 613 families would be displaced because of the mega steel plant. While the number of families facing displacement due to the project was initially put at 803, …
Villagers of Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur are preparing for an all-out battle to defeat attempts to implement the Posco project. VISITORS to Dhinkia in Jagatsinghpur district in Orissa are stopped at the barricades at its entry points. Villagers have been guarding them 24x7 since February 1, a day after the Union …
NATIONAL Mineral Development Corporation has asked the government to give a "careful consideration" before asking it to continue exports to Japanese Steel Mills and Posco ARGUING that imposition of 20 per cent ad valorem duty on iron ore exports would deplete its export earnings by a huge margin, National Mineral …
Bhubaneswar: Though a month has elapsed since the Centre accorded conditional clearance to the Posco project, the Odisha government finds it tough to submit its assurance to the ministry of environment and forest on proper implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. While giving conditional clearance to the Rs 52,000 …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is struggling to assure the Union environment ministry in writing that diversion of forest land for the Posco steel project will not infringe on the Forest Rights Act. Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh cleared the project on January 31 and the Naveen Patnaik government in Orissa …
IN DHINKIA village in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, residents gathered around fragile bamboo gates, armed with sticks, brooms and lathis. The gates and improvised weapons were meant to keep government officials out. The residents expected a visit from them any day after the Union environment ministry gave environmental clearance to South …
As environment ministers go, Jairam Ramesh is a breath of fresh air: he has made environment part of the economic discourse. He has brought in a measure of transparency and out-of-the-box thinking to environmental governance. But the overriding concern is, he may not be building an institution that outlives him, …
To many, ecology clearances coming in quick succession first for the 12-million-tonne steel project, including a captive power complex and a minor port that the South Korean Posco is diligently pursuing for close to six years and then for SAIL
Korean Ambassador to India Kim Joong Keun today said Posco was satisfied with the conditions laid down by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) while according green signal to the project last month.
New Delhi: The Orissa government bats for it, the PMO is in favour and forests minister Jairam Ramesh has obliged, but the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project has found two difficult adversaries
PARADIP: An uneasy calm prevails in Dhinkia panchayat, the proposed Posco site, with irate villagers of Dhinkia, Gobindpur, Patana and Noliasahi digging up approach roads at 15 points from Jatadhari mouth to Dhinkia to prevent officials and police from entering the project site. They are protesting the decision of the …
DHINKIA: The agitation against land acquisition for the Posco steel plant intensified in this seaside gram panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday, with the villagers damaging an approach road to the area earmarked for the project. Led by Abhay Sahu, chairman of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti, which has been …
Court And Government Overstepped Limits, Helping Secure Provisional Nod For One Project And Nixing The Other Both are mining projects in Orissa and both involve diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes. So how could environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh allow forest diversion in Posco
January 31, 2011, Dhinkia village, Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha: I am at the epicentre of a six-year long movement against a project claiming to bring the largest foreign investment to the country. But can see no visible signs of protest. I almost draw out my camera at the sight of red …
Posco India is pruning staff in Orissa. Insiders are a bit surprised at the timing because the South Korean steel major just got green clearances for the 12 million tonne steel plant in the state. But observers point out that the company is in no hurry to start the project …
SANTOSH DESAI Jairam Ramesh has deepened the divide between those who believe that we need to doeverything possible to save the environment and those who think of the Green movement as a fad perpetrated on the human race by a bunch of soft, left-leaning bleeding hearts forever looking for a …
