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 …
Cement major offers Jhinkpani facility to industrial houses OUR CORRESPONDENT ACC plant director Rakesh Sinha Jamshedpur, Feb. 19: Call it a significant step towards a cleaner and greener steel city. Cement major ACC Limited has offered to dispose of hazardous waste like plastic, paint sludge and slag produced by industrial …
As many as 4,000 houses spread across 26 remote villages in six districts will emerge from darkness this February-end. The Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd (JREDA), a state agency for promoting use of renewable energy sources, has decided to cover these remote villages under its solar home and street …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai December 21, 2009, 0:01 IST The Union home ministry wants state governments to take proactive action against illegal mining as it has become a national security threat. In a recent meeting with the states, the home ministry said that windfall profits from such mining of minerals …
The state can look forward to overcoming power shortage by 2011. Adhunik Power and Natural Resources Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adhunik Group of Industries, has set a 2011 date for commissioning a 540MW power plant at Padampur, under Gamharia block of Seraikela-Kharsawan district. The thermal power plant is …
ArcelorMittal India is yet to submit statutory forest and environment clearances for beginning mining of iron ore and manganese in West Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The company in 2005, announced its plans for opening a $10-billion steel plant in Jharkhand. However, after little progress since 2005, ArcelorMittal announced last month that it …
ILLEGAL mining, both of iron-ore lumps and iron-ore fines, had picked up pace during the Madhu Koda regime, primarily in mineral-rich West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Though iron ore lumps were up for grabs by the beneficiaries of Koda
With most parts of the state shrouded in darkness following shutdown of a Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd (TVNL) unit for repairs, Governor K. Sankaranarayanan has written to Union power minister Sushilkumar Shinde asking for additional power from the central pool. In Ranchi, residents of Burdwan Compound, HB Road, Doranda, Hatia, …
Essel Mining and Industries Limited, a unit of Aditya Birla Group, has identified 500 acres in West Singhbhum district for setting up a 1.02million tonne per year capacity integrated steel plant. But officials of the company are reluctant to divulge the exact location, fearing protests from anti-displacement outfits.
The present paper is based on the analysis of survey data of 500 lac growers of Ranchi and West Singhbhum districts in the year 2003-04 and 2004-05. Primary data has been collected from the lac growers. The analysis of survey data shows that contribution of lac in total income and …
How Jharkhand misled the Supreme Court into allotting a mine reserved for PSUs to private firms The Ghatkuri mine in West Singhbhum district, containing high grade iron ore worth crores of rupees, has always tempted private mining companies. But they could not lay their hands on it because it is …
Shillong: A team of 7 members headed by R Jana Nongbet, president of Global Social Welfare Organisation, Shillong visited Jaduguda, Narwapahar, Turumdih and Banduburang mines, the place of uranium mining at Singhbhum district, Jharkhand on a study tour. With the help of the locals of the area, the team collected …
Jamshedpur, March 31: Elephant poachers in Saranda have found a friend in Maoists. This startling fact came to light during a probe conducted by the forest department in West Singhbhum. The report reveals that poachers killed at least four tuskers between March 2008 and February 2009 by administering poison. Saranda …
The state has assured industrialists that it would look into their power problems. Industry department secretary N.N. Sinha has also told traders and businessmen that the department would act as a mediator between them and officials of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB).
The present paper examines the cost, return and resource use efficiency in lac cultivation on major lac host plants. This paper is based on the analaysis of data collected on 400 lac growers of Ranchi and West Singhbhum district in the year 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.
A public hearing for environmental clearance of Jeraldaburu iron ore mines allotted to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) went off peacefully in West Singbhum amid presence of over 500 villagers. The hearing was organised jointly by the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) and West Singhbhum district administration. Chairperson …
Jamshedpur: Cement major ACC Limited has decided to extend waste management solutions to local industrial units in the steel city and its adjoining areas. Director (alternative fuels and raw materials business) of ACC Limited Ulhas V. Parlikar who was in the steel city today said that a facility for waste …
Union minister of steel and fertilisers Ram Vilas Paswan and chief minister Shibu Soren deliberate on the lease issue in Ranchi on Wednesday. Picture by Prashant Mitra Ranchi/Delhi, Sept. 24: Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will go ahead with plans to set up a new 12 million tonnes steel …
