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 …
Stop work order in POSCO dated 04th August 2010 with regard to diversion of 1253.225 ha of forest land for establishment of Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port by POSCO-India Pvt. Ltd., Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa.
Three members of the MoEF/MoTA Committee (Arupjyoti Saikia, Ravi Rebbapragada and Ashish Kothari) went to Jagatsinghpur as part of the MoEF/MoTA FRA Committee
New Delhi: Going purely on the assurances of Andhra Pradesh government, the Union environment and forests ministry has cleared the longpending case of diverting 3,831 hectares of forest land for Rs 8,000-crore Polavaram project on Godavari river in AP meant to provide irrigation water to four districts. The clearance came …
New Delhi: The Union ministry for environment and forests has set up a fourmember committee headed by retired environment secretary Meena Gupta to investigate if the Orissa government has complied with the Forest Rights Act at the Posco site. The ministry
BHUBANESWAR: The assessment of the joint Central team, evaluating Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation in Posco zone, has emboldened the anti-displacement brigade which is now gearing up to fight the land acquisition process at the site till the end. A day after the panel went public with its view that …
The Orissa government today halted the land acquisition process for the proposed Rs 51,000-crore steel plant near here, to be developed by Korean company Posco, after facing stiff opposition from villagers.
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has categorically stated settlement of claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 has to take place before any process of land acquisition can be initiated in Jagastsinghpura district of Orissa
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the State government began land acquisition for Posco project in Jagatsinghpur district, activists here threatened to take law into their hands saying it would be tit for tat as the administration did not care to respect rule of the land. Addressing a press conference here on …
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee to ascertain the status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and other rehabilitation measures taken before granting final approval for diversion of forest land for the establishment of the Integrated …
But the state government starts the process for the Rs 54,000-crore project. The Orissa government today began land acquisition and resurvey for the proposed Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel project, even though a visiting central team termed the process
BHUBANESWAR: Shrugging off mounting opposition from the local people and objections from the Joint Committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is overseeing the implementation of the Forest Right Act (FRA), the Orissa government on Tuesday began the land acquisition process for the proposed Posco-India steel project in …
PARADIP: NOTWITHSTANDING protests from various quarters, the State Government started land acquisition today in Gadakujang panchayat for the proposed Rs 51,000-crore Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. Rohit Behera and Basant Behera of Bhuyianpal village were among the first to receive cheques for Rs 1.15 lakh each for their over …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Tuesday began acquiring land for the Rs 51,000 crore steel project by South Korean major Posco in Jagatsinghpur district even as the joint Central committee described the process as `illegal
Dilip Kumar Bisoi, Nistula Hebbar New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The MoU between South Korean major Posco and the Orissa government for the proposed $12-billion steel project in the state lapsed on July 22, at the end of its five-year term, and hasn
PARADIP: Re-survey using Global Positioning System (GPS) for the mega Posco steel project, will begin tomorrow at Noliasahi village under Gadakujang panchayat. Four survey teams have been constituted to conduct joint resurvey from July 25 to August 18. each team consists of five personnel of forest, horticulture and revenue departments, …
PARADIP: The district administration today constituted joint survey teams to start yet another survey from July 25 through Global Positioning System (GPS) in the three panchayats of Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadkujang, the proposed Posco site. The decision was taken at the suggestion of IDCO and Posco officials. During a workshop, …
