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 …
Surging waters from a swollen Mahanadi and its tributaries continued to wreak havoc in Orissa, affecting more than 2,800 villages in 19 districts and leaving 16 dead as the Naveen Patnaik government Sunday sought central funds for relief. The flood has so far affected over 13 lakh people, most of …
Jagatsinghpur: The barriers erected by villagers to cordon off South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant new Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district have been removed, paving the way for site preparatory activities to resume on the much-delayed Rs 52,000 crore project. Work at the project site resumed on Saturday, after …
Bhubaneswar: Though Posco has agreed not to insist on the import clause in the lapsed MoU with the state government, it wants swapping of iron ore within the country, a state minister said here on Monday. Posco-India has given its consent to delete import clause from the lapsed MoU. However, …
The Odisha High Court on Tuesday reserved judgment on a petition seeking quashing of the land acquisition proceedings undertaken for the Posco steel plant proposed to be set up at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. The two-judge bench of Chief Justice V Gopala Gowda and Justice B N Mohapatra reserved judgment …
Green tribunal slaps notices on Posco, Orissa & MoEF; Seeks info about clearance granted to the project In what appears to be a setback to the Posco’s dream 12-million ton steel project, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued notices to the union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF), Orissa …
Company not ruling out relocation from the state. Six years after its inception, South Korean steel giant Posco's $12-billion mega steel manufacturing unit exists only on paper. The company awaits land to be handed over by the Orissa government even as the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between them has not …
A severe drought looms large over many parts of Orissa due to inadequate rainfall this season. Most of the districts have received half the normal rainfall. According to revenue department sources, Nuapada district in western Orissa has received 56 per cent rainfall while Boudh and Malkangiri recorded 63 and 61 …
Bhubaneswar Posco India’s $12-billion steel project in Orissa has hit another green hurdle. The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday served notices on the Union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF), Orissa government, Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and Posco India enquiring them about the circumstances under which environmental clearance …
In fresh trouble for Posco’s proposed iron and steel plant in Orissa, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday admitted a petition challenging the environmental clearance granted to the project and issued notice to the Environment Ministry. The NGT, a newly created specialised court to hear matters related to environmental …
Bhubaneswar: Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco's Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the greenfield project include about three lakh casuarina and as many horticultural plants, official sources said. …
Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up Posco’s Rs 52,000-crore mega steel project in Orissa’s coastal Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the greenfield project include about three lakh casuarina and as many horticultural plants, official sources said. …
My article last fortnight about people’s fight against POSCO has brought me interesting responses. They call for clarifications and further discussion. The question is about the value of current livelihoods of the people of coastal Odisha. Is earning from betel nut farming being exaggerated to reinforce the romantic and misinformed …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said that it cannot stop developmental activities at Posco's proposed steel plant site and wait for passage of the Land Acquisition (LA) Act in the Parliament. This was stated by revenue and disaster management minister Surya Narayan Patra while responding to a question on …
CUTTACK: Posco India Ltd has told the Orissa High Court that no illegalities were committed either by the Centre or Orissa in giving forest clearance and diverting forest land for the South Korean company. Senior advocate Sanjit Mohanty arguing during adjudication of a batch of PILs challenging land acquisition and …
PARADIP: Work at the proposed Posco steel project could not be taken up due to a face-off between the police and villagers at Polang under Gadakujang panchayat on Saturday. Eight persons, including six women, were injured in the scuffle. The clash erupted when the district administration tried to fell trees …
Bhubaneswar: Stressing that the poor must not be pushed aside to set up the Posco steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that if non-agricultural land was available for the project, it would be a better option. If there is land available (for …
This special report by Sayantan Bera in Down To Earth reveals how Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package.
On the morning of June 13, 2011, Sukhdev Sahoo of Nuagaon in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district woke up in horror. The state administration had demolished his betel farm. The betel vines were in the way of India’s largest foreign direct investment: the US $12 billion POSCO project. Sahoo was threatened: “If …
Just about a year after his open support for the Dongaria Kondh tribals in Niyamgiri who are protesting the mining of bauxite by Vedanta Alumina, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lent his support to the people facing displacement by the 12 million tonne Posco project in Orissa
