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 …
Bhubaneswar: The Meena Gupta committee report may have cheered anti-Posco groups in Orissa, but the personal letter written by its chairperson to environment minister Jairam Ramesh has raised hopes in the pro-Posco lobby. Besides clarifying some points, the letter has questioned the assessment of the situation by three other members …
This report by Mining Zone People’s Solidarity Group investigates actual impacts of the POSCO project on people of Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar and Sundergerh in Orissa where the steel plant, the port, and the mines will be set up. This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the claims advanced by the State …
THE Posco review panel on Monday submitted a "split verdict" on the South Korean steel maker's Orissa project. Although the dominant view was for revoking of environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances, government sources said that a reworking of the proposal could clear the way for the project. The reworked …
With major differences emerging between the members of a key government panel looking into green clearances of Posco steel plant in Orissa, the fate of this single largest FDI projects continues to hang in the balance. On Monday, the panel submitted two reports to the environment ministry. A majority view …
New Delhi: The four-member review committee on Posco will submit its report to the environment and forests ministry on Monday but it has already got mired in controversy with the chair of the panel, ex-environment secretary Meena Gupta, expected to give a dissent note while the other members provide a …
THEY were once held up as the three core projects that would catapult Orissa into the big league and as one of the most favoured business destinations globally. But five years down the line, the dreams have turned sour for Arcelor-Mittal India, Posco and Vedanta Resources as long delays in …
The issue of industry versus environment will once again heat up on Monday with the Meena Gupta committee submitting its report on Posco's steel plant in Orissa and the Supreme Court taking up the plea of Sterlite Industries against the Madras high court judgement to shut its plant in Tamil …
This is the executive summary of report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa.
Majority report of the committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa.
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: The Meena Gupta Committee is to submit its report on Monday to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on the Posco steel project, according to the sources in the Ministry. While the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti activists are hopeful that the committee would give an adverse …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: Posco-India has decided to challenge the Orissa High Court order on Khandadhar iron ore mines in the Supreme Court. Sources in Posco-India said the company will file a petition in the apex court on October 8 challenging the order. The Orissa government has also decided to file …
Report of the Meena Gupta committee constituted to investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited for establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa.
Bhubaneswar: With the Odisha government mulling supply of water to Posco's proposed mega steel mill near Paradip from an alternative place, local people and some outfits demanded a fresh public hearing. Faced with stiff opposition from farmers and different political parties, the state government had asked Posco to consider a …
Even as the Meena Gupta Committee wound up its visit to Orissa on Posco case, the state government is all set to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court within next one week, challenging the Orissa High Court
With the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) nixing the Vedanta project at Niyamgiri hills, the Orissa government is now keeping its fingers crossed on the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel project as the Meena Gupta committee set up by the ministry on Tuesday visited the site of the proposed …
