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 …
The environment ministry under Veerappa Moily has approved the $ 12.6 billion Posco steel plant in Orissa, the biggest foreign direct investment in India. The proposed 12 million-tonnes-per-year plant has been stuck for more than eight years due to delays in getting clearances and acquiring land. Top sources confirmed to …
Letter to M/s Posco India Private Limited from Ministry of Environment & Forests regarding revalidation of environmental clearance of Integrated Iron & Steel Plant (4.0 MTPA) with Captive Power Plant (4x100MW) at Kujang, Near Paradip, Jagatsinghpur in Odisha by M/s POSCO India Private Limited dated 7th January, 2014. RELATED CONTENT …
The New Year has begun well for Posco India, reviving its dream of setting up a mega steel project in the state of Odisha. According to sources close to the company, a crucial revalidation of its environmental clearance has been granted. The company had resized its plans in 2013 because …
The boundary wall construction of Posco progressed on the third day on Monday despite protests by a section of anti-industry villagers at Nuagaon in Jagatsinghpur district. Around 250 villagers, including several women, held a protest meeting at Nuagaon to prevent construction of the boundary wall. They alleged that the authorities …
South Korean steel company Pohang Steel Company (Posco) has sought Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth’s intervention in renewing the green clearance for its project in Orissa. The firm has said that South Korean President Park Geun-Hye is keen to participate in the ground-breaking ceremony of the Rs 53,000 crore project …
Bhubaneswar : Exactly 14 years after the supercyclone stuck Orissa, the Orissa government said the devastation caused by the cyclone Phailin this month and the subsequent floods is higher in scale than what the 1999 supercyclone had caused, although the death toll was relatively negligible this time as compared to …
Project to have initial capacity of 4 mtpa in the first phase The country's largest natural gas distributor GAIL (India) Ltd has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Paradip Port Trust (PPT) for setting up of an offshore LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal at the port at a cost …
Even as large-scale evacuation and relief effort saved thousands of lives in Jagatsinghpur, people here are now suffering from fever, stomach ailments and suspected dengue. According to the District Malaria Officer Karim Bux, post-Phailin 137 persons in the entire district have been found dengue positive and referred to SCB Medical …
Eight million people affected, 17 lives lost; Ganjam bears brunt of cyclone Cyclone Phailin, which made a landfall on the southern coast of Odisha at around 8:30 pm on Saturday at a windspeed of 200 km an hour, affected a cultivable area of 0.5 million hectares and damaged 80 per …
Over 1.26 crore people suffer as storm hits transport, power lines Seventeen persons were killed as the very severe cyclonic storm, Phailin, hit the Odisha coast near Gopalpur in Ganjam district late on Saturday evening, Special Relief Commissioner P.K. Mohapatra said on Sunday. More than 1.26 crore people were hit …
It is expected to cross coast between Kalingapatnam and Paradip by Saturday The authorities in 23 cyclone-prone districts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh are bracing themselves to tackle any exigency as a cyclonic storm intensified in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday and is expected to cross the coast between …
The severe cyclonic storm Phailin over east central Bay of Bengal on Friday further intensified and is all set to make a landfall close to Gopalpur in Odisha at a wind speed of at least 205 kmph tomorrow. "The very severe cyclonic storm, PHAILIN over east central Bay of Bengal …
Cyclone Phailin with a wind speed of 220km per hour is turning into a super cyclone before making landfall on Saturday evening near Gopalpur in Odisha where the government has galvanized its machinery to deal with its impact and is evacuating thousands of people from low-lying areas. "The US Navy …
With cyclonic storm Phailin staring at the mainland from the sea, about 950 km from the Odisha port of Paradip, the state government on Wednesday cancelled the Dussehra holidays of its employees in 14 coastal districts and put them on disaster-management duty. An official bulletin said the cyclonic storm is …
Joon-gyu Lee, South Korea’s ambassador to India, on Monday said the foundation stone for Posco India’s 12-million-tonne steel project in Orissa is likely to be laid early next year. He added that the president of South Korea might do the honours. “The state government has successfully completed land acquisition for …
When the hearing on dispensation of environmental clearance for POSCO project is going on in National Green Tribunal and stay order for cutting trees continues, the announcement of starting construction by the Ambassador of Korea and the Chief Minister is nothing but to dishonor the rule of law as well …
Construction of a mega-steel plant in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts have urged, citing serious human rights concerns. The project reportedly threatens to displace over 22,000 people in the Jagatsinghpur District, and disrupt the livelihoods of many thousands more in the …
Illegal sand mining continues unabated on the beaches of Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur. This is particularly true to Paradip, Gadabisunipur, Padmapur, Ramatala, Siali, Kalapeti, Abhayachandapur in Kujang and Ersama blocks of Jagatsinghpur and Pentha beach in Kendrapada district. Earlier, sand was never lifted from the beaches as it is unfit for …
The NGT, in its last hearing on August 12, had asked MoEF to take a decision on revalidation of green clearance for Posco by August 23 The delay in revalidation of environment clearance for the Posco steel project has thrown a spanner in the start of work by the company …
At least 120 persons of five villages in Naugaon block are affected by jaundice. The number of patients is feared to go up due to absence of proper medical service. As per reports, the patients, who belong to Telasara, Garei, Dahanikhia, Dhuanpada and Korua villages, include about 65 children. “The …
