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 …
NEW DELHI: Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh on Monday said the government was not opposed to South Korean steel giant POSCO getting a majority stake in its proposed Rs.12, 000-crore joint venture with Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL).
BHUBANESWAR: Former Congress MLA Umesh Swain on Monday said that the proposed Posco steel plant should be shifted from the present location to a place south of Jatadhari mouth as displacement will be minimum in this case. Addressing mediapersons here, Swain said that the BJD managers who are organising a …
BHUBANESWAR: The BJP today warned the Government not to think of granting alternate mining lease to Vedanta Aluminium whose credential is doubtful. Reacting to Vedanta
Environmental fundamentalism is proving a major hurdle to economic development in India A V Rajwade / New Delhi September 06, 2010, 0:39 IST Continuing the last week
Will review compliance of the project with various statutory provisions and central, state clearances. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has expanded the terms of reference of the Meena Gupta committee probing into alleged violations of the Forest Rights Act at the Posco project site in Orissa. The order …
ROURKELA: If Khandadhar waterfall faces the threat of premature death, blame it on the industries sprouting on its periphery. Rampant mining by OMC at less than a km from the scenic hilly rivulet seems to be leaving a telling blow on the flora and fauna of the bio-rich reserve. And …
Bhubaneswar: The Meena Gupta Committee, which is probing into the implementation of Forest Right Act and the Rehabilitation & Re-settlement Policy in the proposed site for Posco
Debabrata Mohanty A week after the Ministry of Environment and Forests threw the Vedanta Aluminium project in Orissa into doldrums by denying final stage forest clearance, the fate of the 12 million tonne per annum steel project by Korean steelmaker Posco appears to be bleak after the ministry widened the …
THE Union environment ministry has written to Orissa's principal secretary (forests) directing the state to stop work on the Korean steel giant POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district. The August 5 letter comes after the joint committee of the Central environment and tribal affairs ministries submitted a report on Forest Rights …
THE Union environment ministry has written to Orissa's principal secretary (forests) directing the state to stop work on the Korean steel giant POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district.
BHUBANESWAR: While the State Government reiterated its stand that no tribals are living on the land earmarked for Posco’s steel project, the CPI, spearheading the anti-Posco agitation, on Sunday demanded that the plant be shifted elsewhere. The Meena Gupta Committee will submit its report to the Ministry of Environment and …
Tension prevailed in Noliasahi village under the Posco project site due to clashes between supporters and opponents of the project in which four persons including a panchayat committee member were injured. The clashes occurred following altercation between the two groups over disappearance of seven tribal families from the site before …
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: The four-member Central team that came to assess the implementation of the Forest Rights Act in the area chosen for the proposed steel plant of Posco-India Private Limited in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district completed its three-day visit on Sunday. The committee, headed by the former Union Environment Secretary, …
A proactive minister puts Paryavaran Bhavan in focus. The development dauphins are aflutter.When did you last hear of an Indian cabinet minister being compared to Muhammad Ali? Well, that
