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 Orissa government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Orissa High Court judgment cancelling the licence granted by the State to POSCO for iron ore mining in the Kandadhar mines in Sundergarh district. Acting on a petition filed by Geomin Minerals and Marketing (P) Ltd., the High Court …
The Orissa government on Friday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Orissa High Court order that quashed its decision to permit South Korean steel major Posco to mine iron ore in Sundergarh district of the state. The matter is likely to come up for hearing in November end. The state …
With the Orissa government dallying on going to the Supreme Court against the High Court order cancelling recommendation of prospecting licence (PL) for Khadadhar iron ore deposits in favour of Posco, the South Korean steel major has filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the apex court challenging the high …
The Orissa government will file a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court this week, challenging the verdict of the Orissa High Court that quashed its recommendation of prospective licence (PL) for iron ore mining by Posco in Khandadhar, Sundargarh district, which is one of the richest ore blocks …
This report by Mining Zone People’s Solidarity Group investigates actual impacts of the POSCO project on people of Jagatsinghpur, Keonjhar and Sundergerh in Orissa where the steel plant, the port, and the mines will be set up. This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the claims advanced by the State …
ROURKELA: Villagers in the border pockets of Sundargarh are paying a heavy price with governments of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattishgarh going indifferent to the growing elephant menace. With the natural habitat of wild elephants getting shrunk, it has become a regular affair for the jumbos to stray into villages in …
ROURKELA: If Khandadhar waterfall faces the threat of premature death, blame it on the industries sprouting on its periphery. Rampant mining by OMC at less than a km from the scenic hilly rivulet seems to be leaving a telling blow on the flora and fauna of the bio-rich reserve. And …
THE Union environment ministry has written to Orissa's principal secretary (forests) directing the state to stop work on the Korean steel giant POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district. The August 5 letter comes after the joint committee of the Central environment and tribal affairs ministries submitted a report on Forest Rights …
Debabrata Mohanty With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.Sources in the …
After facing the flak of the Orissa High Court over the case of recommendation of prospecting license (PL) in favour of Posco India, the state government has decided to approach the Supreme Court of India on the issue.
ROURKELA: As Swine Flu continues to create panic in the State, the Sundargarh district administration has set up half a dozen control rooms at strategic locations for effective monitoring of the H1N1 virus spread. Private health service providers are being sensitised on screening suspected patients and treatment of H1N1 virus …
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the State government began land acquisition for Posco project in Jagatsinghpur district, activists here threatened to take law into their hands saying it would be tit for tat as the administration did not care to respect rule of the land. Addressing a press conference here on …
BHUBANESWAR: While Opposition parties and social organisations have launched a public movement against use of water from the river Mahanadi for industrial purposes, trade union leader Mayadhar Nayak today said a similar movement would be launched to save the Brahmani river from industrial pollution. Alleging that the Brahmani, the second …
ROURKELA: Safe drinking water has become a dream for people of several interior pockets of the coal-rich Hemgir block under Sundargarh district where fear of gastroenteritis outbreak is stalking menacingly. Amid several incidents of diarrhoea in remote villages, the Sundargarh district health administration is on its toes to arrest the …
BHUBANESWAR: At least 151 mines continued to be closed in Orissa since last year as they do not have statutory clearances, an official Friday said. The mines located in three districts of Keonjhar, Sundergarh and Mayurbhanj have been closed mostly after state authorities launched a crack down against illegal mining …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty today said more than 1.42 crore tonne iron ore was exported during 200910 from the State. In a written reply to a question from Santosh Singh Saluja (Cong), Mohanty said besides the exported quantity, over 4.8 crore tonne iron ore was dispatched …
This Orissa High Court verdict in response to writ petition has struck down the state government proposal to grant prospecting licence to POSCO India for Kandadhar iron ore mines in Sundargarh. Orissa High Court Judgement on grant of prospecting licence to POSCO India for Kandadhar Mines as on July 14, …
