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 …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State government readies for land acquisition for the Posco steel project, the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), which is spearheading a movement against the project, has announced that it would oppose the process. To add to the woes, the United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit, …
Social activist Medha Patkar on Monday expressed her support for the farmers' agitation against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the serving of
Having got the green nod from the Union environment ministry for its mega plant in Odisha, South Korean steel major Posco will now be bracing for the next big challenge for its $12-billion project -land acquisition. This has been a sensitive and thorny issue in the mineral-rich state, where domestic …
The Union environment ministry has illegally given final clearance to the POSCO steel project on the basis of false claims made by the Odisha government, a group of activists said on Wednesday and demanded revocation of the clearance. The ministry gave the final approval to the state government to divert …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said that it would take appropriate action on Posco project after receiving the order of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) which accorded final approval for forest land diversion for the proposed mage steel unit. We are yet to receive the order. We …
The Environment Ministry on Monday gave its final clearance to the South Korean steel major POSCO to divert 1,253 hectares of forest land for its iron and steel project in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, reposing
The environment ministry on Monday gave final approval to the Odisha government to divert 1,253 hectares (ha) of forestland for the POSCO steel project in Jagatsinghpur district. The ministry, in its final order, endorsed the state government’s claim that there are no rights to be settled under the Forest Rights …
This is a critique by Environment Support Group of the weak review of the environmental and social impacts of the POSCO project in Orissa, and how this has resulted in making project affected communities into a 'rightless people'. This study is an effort to deeply enquire into the circumstances and …
Jairam Ramesh It is for the government of Orissa to meet the legal rules if the mammoth Posco steel project is to be cleared by him, said Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh. A day ahead of a meeting with Orisa chief minister Naveen Patnaik, who reiterated that project clearance is …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh put the conditional clearance to Posco project on hold basing on an e-mail, the Orissa Government report to the Centre has claimed that the anti-Posco activist have forged and fabricated documents on palli sabha resolutions. "The …
A day after Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh put the forest clearance for the Rs 54,000- crore POSCO steel project on hold, the state government said it would closely examine the MoEF order before taking any further action. On Thursday, Ramesh had held back forest clearance, asking the …
Jagatsinghpur: The anti-Posco activists under the banner of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) on Thursday decided to congregate at a meeting at Patanahat on Friday in protest against the assurance report submitted by the Odisha government on Wednesday to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). In the protest meeting …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that it would soon renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. The steel and mines department has already received the recommendation of the law department in this regard. …
This MoEF directive held back forest clearance to the POSCO project in Orissa. It has rejected state government’s assurance that there are no tribals in the area, where the 52,000 crore rupee steel-cum-captive power plant is to come up. On January 31st 2011, Shri Jairam Ramesh had issued a "speaking …
Under pressure to speed up the process for starting Posco's 12 million tonne steel project, Orissa government has decided to submit its assurance report to the Centre next week, reiterating its earlier that there was no tribal inhabitant or traditional forest dwellers in the villages demarcated for project near Paradip. …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has agreed with South Koran steel major Posco India to allow swap of certain quantities of iron ore for production of better quality steel in its proposed 12 MTPA steel project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. Announcing this in the State Assembly here on Wednesday, steel …
BHUBANESWAR: Three persons died and another was injured as a high-velocity hailstorm hit coastal Orissa today uprooting trees and utility poles and flattening houses. A 53-year-old woman, identified as Bilasini Nayak, was killed when an uprooted tree fell on her in Gop area of Puri district. An eight-year-old girl died …
BALITUTHA: Tension prevailed in the area selected for the proposed mega steel plant of Posco in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Sunday as villagers opposing the project came out to vent their anger against the State government for trying to mislead the Union Ministry of Environment Forests about the implementation of …
