Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of 'News item titled "Jamshedpur Sidgoda mein nadi se avaidh rup se Baalu dhulai ka khel jaari prashashan maun" appearing in Prabhat Khabar dated 24.12.2023' dated 26/02/2024. The news item disclosed that in Subarnarekha river at Sidhgora police station area, large …
Green nod crucial to ensure iron ore supply SAIL may face iron ore shortage, if the country’s largest steel producer cannot resume production by January, at its 2.4 million tonnes a year Durgaiburu mine in Jharkhand. It is the oldest and largest mechanised (1,443 hectare) mine of the Gua complex …
The State animal of Jharkhand, the elephant, has become a displaced creature in its own home, courtesy vanishing corridors, growing urbanisation and illegal mining. Despite having a rich pathway of six State corridors and twelve intra-State corridors, elephants face the ire of intruders. Jharkhand’s corridors are undergoing landscape changes due …
Ranchi, Aug. 17: Jharkhand is set to hop on to the organic farming bandwagon this financial year. Plans are afoot to cultivate 25,000 hectares spread over 13 districts and the state government has already earmarked Rs 17 crore for the purpose and work is expected to begin by the end …
Kolkata Steel maker SAIL has decided to outsource development of two huge virgin iron ore mines at Rowghat in Chhattisgarh and Chiria in Jharkhand, a company official has said. ‘‘Rowghat—which will have a capacity of 14 million tonne per annum and Chiria— 15 mt are crucial for SAIL’s capacity expansion,’’ …
Ranchi, July 24: The Saranda villagers’ wish of getting piped water and toilets at their houses may actually get fulfilled. Engineer-in-chief of the state drinking water and sanitation department (DWSD) Shardendu Narayan, who visited two panchayats — Lilor and Makranda — in Saranda forest area under West Singhbhum’s Manoharpur block …
The multinational iron ore producer and exporter – Sesa Goa Limited has recently approached the state industry department for renewal of its MoU that was signed in 2003-04 and cancelled recently. Industry department source said the company has submitted a representation to this effect to state’s director of industries. Jharkhand …
Outrage has given way to expectancy in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand, where people are now waiting for the benefits that will come to them from a multipurpose project on the Subarnarekha, a venture that is finally set to take off after 40 years of holdups and protests. On June 15, a …
Ranchi, April 24: Reclaimed from Maoists, the natural reserves of Saranda are up against unscrupulous adversaries. At least four mining firms have been extracting iron ore and manganese against their sanctioned capacities in this West Singhbhum region since 2008 right under the nose of the mines department and Jharkhand State …
In a blow to SAIL’s efforts for raw material security, a high level committee of the Union environment ministry has refused to accord green clearances for the steel major’s three key iron ore mines in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The move could deprive the firm of over 80,000 million …
ROURKELA: Armed with the Saranda Action Plan, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday detailed his much-hyped ‘peace offensive’ to curb insurgency along the Odisha-Jharkhand border. On his second visit to the Maoist-infested Saranda forest region in the neighbouring Jharkhand, Ramesh laid the foundation stone for the Integrated Development …
A pair of elephant tusks, weighing approximately 32kg, were recovered late last night from Dalma sanctuary with the help of a sniffer dog and forest officials believe they have scuttled an attempt to smuggle out the ivory valued at Rs 40 lakh in the open market. While the forest department …
New Delhi, Jan. 4: Jharkhand had asked for a longer rope to meet the plan of providing drinking water to every village under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). But Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the drinking water and sanitation portfolio, in a missive to …
State has been directed to set up a separate development authority The Centre has asked the Jharkhand government to show urgency on both security and development matters in the Left-Wing-Extremism-affected Saranda forest. The State has been directed to set up a separate development authority to carry forward its initiative to …
Last year, the panacea for the elephant menace was burning cow dung cakes mixed with red chillies. Last week, it was deploying village vigilantes armed with cellphones. Right now, it is a proposal to hire around 20 “professional elephant drivers” from Bengal. Seraikela division’s forest officials hope that the latest …
Organic silk drapes for the classes, affordable and eco-friendly bamboo homes for the masses. Jharcraft and IIT-Delhi team up to design low-cost bamboo homes for the underprivileged, an initiative that will begin within a week. IIT-Delhi associate professor (chemical engineering) Dr Sanat Mohanty had an elaborate discussion on this with …
ArcelorMittal India, the local unit of the world’s largest steelmaker, has started drilling operations at the Seregarha coal block in Latehaar district of Jharkhand, signalling that work toward setting up the proposed 3 million tonne steel plant may have finally started. ArcelorMittal has already applied for permission to the Jharkhand …
Sukra Oraon tenderly attends to the lush green paddy crop that covers his three-and-a-half acre plot along the highway near Tupudana, 15 km from Jharkhand capital Ranchi. Two months from now, Oraon hopes to earn at least Rs 30,000 from the yield. “That’s huge money for us,” says Oraon who …
Ranchi, Sept. 15: Tata Steel has threatened to abandon a Rs 40,000-crore plan to set up a 12MTPA steel plant in Jharkhand if the state government did not act on its application of a fresh iron ore lease. Tata Steel vice-president (corporate services) Sanjiv Paul articulated the company’s stand in …
The Jharkhand government has failed to pocket revenues to the tune of Rs 61.46 crore because of an endless delay in renewing leases of mining areas owned by the erstwhile Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO) and at Chiria and another patch belonging to Associated Cement Company (ACC) in West …
Ranchi/Jamshedpur, Aug. 21: Mosquitoes have proved to be a bigger menace than Maoists for security personnel engaged in anti-Naxalite operations in Saranda. As many as 127 jawans have been admitted to various hospitals with malaria symptoms, including Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and Apollo Hospital in Ranchi, MGM Medical …
