Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
With some Central industries discharging their effluents into major rivers of the State, the Odisha Government has asked them to develop their wastewater treatment facilities. This was stated by Forest and Environment Minister, Mr Debi Prasad Mishra, while replying a question in the Assembly. “The State Pollution Control Board has …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has asked some of the Central public sector undertakings (PSUs) to develop waste water treatment facilities as they were discharging their effluents into major rivers. Forest and Environment Minister Debiprasad Mishra informed the Assembly while replying to a question on Tuesday. “The SPCB has already served …
Bhubaneswar: Concerned over the inordinate delay and uncertainty over implementation of the country’s largest Foreign Direct Investment in the shape of the Posco project in Odisha, the Centre has sought the latest status report on the mega-steel venture. The steel ministry, in its latest letter to the state government, has …
A year after Jairam Ramesh's final environmental clearance, Korean giant waits for state govt to hand over land Last January, the Union environment ministry's approval for the Rs 52,000-crore mega steel project by Korean giant Posco at Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district made headlines. A year down the line, nothing has moved. …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government on Wednesday ordered culling of poultry birds in a radius of 3 km from Keranga village in Khurda where the first avian influenza positive cases were reported on Sunday. The Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Department said the culling will start with immediate effect. Compensation for the …
PARADIP: The hearing for the bail petition of CPI leader and anti-Posco frontline leader Narayan Reddy and Congress legislator Jayant Biswal has been deferred to January 9 by the Additional District Sessions Judge of Jagatsinghpur Sachidananda Sahu on Thursday. The judge deferred it citing non-supply of case diary by police …
KENDRAPADA: Death of many crows in the port town of Paradip on Sunday and Monday has triggered panic among residents, who have been advised by forest and veterinary officials not to touch the carcasses. "Around 50 crows died in Paradip on Sunday and Monday. People of the affected areas were …
Bhubaneswar: Terming Wednesday’s killing of one person during a clash between the anti-Posco brigade and a private contractor over construction of a coastal road linking the Posco's proposed plant site at Dhinkia with Paradip as tragic, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said that action would be taken against the …
Bhubaneswar: With villagers continuing to disrupt the land acquisition work at Jagatsinghpur district for the 12-million tonne Posco steel project, an exasperated management of the company on Thursday appealed to the locals to cooperate with them. Two days ago, villagers of Gadakujanga in Jagatsinghpur had detained four trucks of Posco …
South Korean steel major Posco has sought more time from the Centre for its Rs 53,000 crore multi-product SEZ in Orissa as it is yet to get adequate land from the state government. An inter-ministerial Board of Approval (BoA), chaired by Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar, will consider the request from …
New Delhi South Korean steel major Posco and 16 other SEZ developers have sought more time from the government to execute their respective projects. Posco India, a subsidiary of Posco, is yet to acquire land from the Orissa government for its SEZ. The Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZ projects, …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that Posco India can start work at the 2,000 acres of land acquired so far for setting up of its proposed 12 million tonne per annum steel plant near Paradip at a cost of Rs 52,000 crore. The state government has so far …
South Korean steel major, Posco, can start work at the proposed plant site near Paradip before signing fresh MoU with the state, the Orissa government said on Saturday. “Work for the steel project and processing of the MoU can go simultaneously,” said Mr B.K. Patnaik, chief secretary, told reporters. “We …
BHUBANESWAR: With land acquisition for Posco steel project getting embroiled in one controversy after another and the Government drawing flak, the company was told on Thursday to begin construction work on the acquired land. “The Government has so far acquired over 2,000 acre for Posco steel plant. The company could …
The Orissa High Court on Friday dismissed a plea for grant of interim stay on acquisition of forest land by the state government for the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel project. However, the court stayed acquisition of private land in Posco area ordering status quo. In May this year, Nishakar …
Bhubaneswar: A fresh spell of floods in river Baitarani inundated 12 gram panchayats in Bhadrak and Keonjhar districts, as waters receded in the Mahanadi delta, with the death toll on Friday climbing to 32 besides 12 others missing, official sources said. With situation improving in the Mahanadi delta and most …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday stepped up air-dropping of food packets as flood situation continued to be grim with Mahanadi river flowing above the danger mark in delta region, affecting 14 lakh people and snapping road links with about 1,000 villages. Flood in Mahanadi, Subarnarekha, Budhabalanga and Baitarani rivers …
BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition BJP on Tuesday accused the State Government of foisting flood on the State with a 'motive'. Training his guns on Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, senior BJP leader Bijay Mohapatra told mediapersons that the current flood is manmade and the Water Resources Department responsible for the mismanagement of …
The Orissa government on Sunday started airdropping of relief materials in the flood marooned in Puri district, even as the official death toll in the current high flood reached 16. Over a dozen people who were swept away in the strong current are yet to be traced. Sonepur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, …
Paradip The barriers erected by villagers to cordon off South Korean steel major Posco’s proposed steel plant in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district have been removed, paving the way for site preparatory activities to resume on the much-delayed R52,000 crore project. Work at the project site resumed after a gap of 25 …
