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 …
Paradip (Odisha): As land acquisition for Posco steel plant continued for second day on Monday in Odisha, Jagatsinghpur district administration clamped prohibitory orders in Patana area where three anti-Posco activists were killed two days ago while allegedly making bombs. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC were imposed in Patana …
Authorities said on Sunday they had resumed acquiring land for South Korean steelmaker POSCO's planned $12 billion steel mill in Odisha state under tight security, a day after three protesters were killed by crude bombs. POSCO announced plans for the mill on a fertile strip of India's east coast seven …
Paradip (Odisha), March 3: Amid tension in proposed Posco plant area where three anti-project activists were killed last night while allegedly making bombs, the Odisha government today resumed land acquisition for the mega steel project. The police today recovered the three bodies and materials like gun powder and blades used …
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Sunday resumed land acquisition for the proposed Posco steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district, a day after three persons were killed in a bomb blast in the project area. Official sources said government representatives demolished three betel vines at Gobindapur village, restarting land takeover for Posco …
BHUBANESWAR: Taking advantage of the budget session being in recess, the Odisha government has begun preparations to shortly resume land acquisition for the proposed Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, official sources said on Wednesday. "We intend to restart land acquisition for Posco this week," a government source told TOI, …
State-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha has so far handed over about 1,700 acres to Posco-India for the 8 mtpa greenfield mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district, sources said on Friday. “ IDCO has so far handed over about 1,700 acres to Posco-India,” a senior executive of Posco-India told …
KENDRAPADA: More than 250 international human rights organizations, comprising social workers, scientists, legal luminary activists, academics among others, have strongly criticized the Odisha government for using forces to acquire fertile lands and betel vines in the proposed Posco site in Jagatsinghpur district. They also wrote a letter to Prime Minister …
At 4 AM on Sunday, 3 February, nearly 400 policemen surrounded the entry points to the villages of Gobindpur and Dhinkia in the Jagatsingpur district of Odisha. The two villages are among the last hurdles to the steel major POSCO’S $12 billion project in the state. As dawn broke, the …
Paradip: Legally speaking, the state government cannot acquire lands for the Posco project, nor can construction work be started at the designated site as the project has no environment clearance in hand, official sources said. "The Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) notification, 2006, forbids activity of any nature at the site …
BHUBANESWAR: As noted social activist B D Sharma visited Posco's proposed steel site in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday to lend his support to the project's opponents, top executives of the South Korean company requested senior government officers in the state capital to resume land acquisition work at the earliest. Official …
Withdraw cases against villagers, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti: Civil society groups Several civil society groups have alleged abuse of human rights and registration of false cases by State government agencies in order to curb resistance against the land acquisition for the proposed Posco steel plant in Odisha. Highlighting instances of …
Anti-Posco leader, Abhaya Sahu, who was on hunger strike demanding complete withdrawal of police force from Gobindpur village in Posco project site, has called off his fast without achieving the objective. The Jagatsinghpur district administration, which was carrying out the land acquisition for the Posco project at Gobindpur amidst a …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is all set to hand over 1,554 acres of land to Posco-India for setting up its proposed mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, official sources said on Sunday. “The state government has already handed over 546 acre of land to Posco and rest 1,554 acres is …
Even as land acquisition for the proposed steel project of Posco remained suspended at Gobindpur village in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha on Thursday, villagers staged a demonstration demanding complete withdrawal of the police from the locality. Leading the protest, Communist Party of India leader D. Raja condemned the entry of …
The Odisha government on Friday decided to temporarily suspend land acquisition for Posco's $12 billion steel project in its Jagatsinghpur district due to protests at the site, an official said. "We have decided to halt the work to avoid any further trouble at the site," a senior district administrative official …
Bowing down to pressure from various Opposition political parties and civil society organisations, the Orissa government on Wednesday put off the land acquisition process for the 12-million-tonne Posco India integrated steel project at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. The government also withdrew the 14 platoons of police forces it deployed at …
Land acquisition for the proposed steel project of Posco at Gobindpur village in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha was halted and police force withdrawn from the locality on Wednesday following stiff opposition from the locals, particularly women and children. The land acquisition exercise that was resumed after a long gap on …
Even as the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti leader Abhay Sahu began an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday demanding withdrawal of police, the administration continued land acquisition for Posco’s proposed steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district for the third consecutive day. As many 18 betel vineyards were destroyed on the outskirts …
The Odisha government’s drive to acquire land for the Posco steel project continued for the third day, amid protest by the project opponents. The Jagatsinghpur district administration today demolished 20 betel vines on the encroached government land and disbursed Rs 25-lakh compensation to the vine owners. The land acquisition process …
Bhubaneswar: Unmindful of the continuing protests against the Posco project, the state government is moving ahead to acquire as much land as possible within a month for the South Korean steel major to begin construction work, sources said on Tuesday. Posco requires a total of 2,700 acres of land to …
