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: The state government on Thursday announced a Rs 900-crore plan for strengthening drinking water system in rural areas. "While Rs 350 crore from the district mineral foundation would be spent in eight districts, Rs 553 crore (as recommended by 4th state finance commission) would be utilized for the purpose …
UNION Minister for Tribal Affairs and Sundargarh Lok Sabha member Jual Oram on Wednesday said decks have been cleared for reopening of the defunct dolomite and limestone mines of SAIL at Purunapani under Birmitrapur Assembly segment. Jual thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Steel & Mines N …
The Brahmani river is an interstate river, which origins from Chhotanagapur plateau in Bihar and enters Odisha via Sundargarh district. The river has two principal tributaries like Sankha and Koel. But this river has eight branches. Gohira, Tikra, Singda and Nandia have developed from right banks of the river, while …
BHUBANESWAR: With 285 gram panchayat (GP) headquarters of the State out of reach of pipe water supply scheme, the Government has directed the Rural Development Department to ensure that these panchayats are provided safe drinking water under the solar energy-based dual pump scheme. As many as 68 panchayat headquarters of …
Illegal stone quarrying continues unabated in Sundargarh district posing environmental hazards and causing loss to the State exchequer. Administrative sources said there are 118 stone quarries in the district. A few of them have lease licence while the rest have been granted permission through auction for one year by the …
With the process having been initiated to allot Khandadhar iron ore reserve through the auction route, tribals residing in hilly terrains in Odisha’s Sundagarh district have announced that they will continue their resistance, which will be similar to their protest against the earlier proposal of handing over the reserve to …
Signs supplementary lease deeds for 10 mines The Odisha government has inked supplementary lease deeds to facilitate reopening of 10 iron and manganese ore mines in Sundargarh district. The lease deeds were executed for five mines owned by Rungta Group including Rungta Mines, Fee-grade & Company Ltd and the rest …
The Odisha Government has decided to scrap joint venture agreements with global major Rio Tinto, Vedanta group firm Sesa Sterlite and Aditya Birla group-owned Hindalco Industries, an official said on Wednesday. The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), run by the Odisha government, had inked joint ventures with Rio Tinto, Sesa Sterlite …
Co may now have to bid for an iron ore reserve for captive consumption South Korean steelmaker Posco's ambition to set up a 12-million-tonne-capacity plant in India with an investment . 51,000 crore may have taken anof ` other hit with the Narendra Modi government's move to allocate all future …
The Centre and Odisha government are committed to the Posco project, Union Steel Secretary Rakesh Singh said and promised adequate raw material linkage to local industries. "We have discussed the issue. Both government of India and government of Odisha are committed to the Posco project in the state. We are …
Stung by the recent Supreme Court (SC) order, which quashed allocation of 214 coal blocks across the country, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) said it is mulling to file a review petition in the apex court to reconsider its case for Utkal-E, a coal block awarded to the aluminium major that …
The Environment Ministry has accorded environmental clearance to eight thermal power projects with a total capacity of 4677 MW in the current year, the Rajya Sabha was told today. Minister of State for Environment Prakash Javadekar said in a written reply that the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, governs …
Worried over distress sale of minor forest produce (MFP), the Centre has decided to soon announce minimum support price (MSP) of at least 10 such produce, Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram said here on Sunday. "To start with MSP of sal seed, mahua and tamarind, among others, will be …
As legal complications galore After the judiciary pulled the State Government to act on disposal of mining lease renewal applications in Odisha, the Mines Department, which intentionally had kept the RML applications pending for years without any disposal for the benefit of its political bosses, suddenly woke up to get …
South Korean steel major POSCO had pinned their hopes on Khandadhar mines Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram here on Sunday said the State government should re-consider allowing mining in Khandadhar Hills, is a reserve of nearly 200 million tonnes of iron ore. “Khandadhar is a big repository of natural …
A large number of members of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), CPI(M)’s Bonai MLA Laxman Munda and State secretary Janardan Pati on Tuesday staged a demonstration here at Mahatma Gandhi Marg here to press their demand for reopening of the 26 closed mines in Koida and Barbil sectors …
The Supreme Court has asked the Odisha government to recommend the Bhushan Power & Steel (BPSL) case to the Centre for grant of iron ore reserves for its 2.8 million tonne integrated steel plant at Lapanga. The direction came on a petition filed by BPSL, seeking to start contempt proceedings …
The state Industry department has selected to review the progress of nearly 30 land acquisition projects in Sundergarh, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda districts including projects related to steel and coal mines this month. Vishal Dev, the the state industry secretary is scheduled to visit these districts on 24 and 25 April …
South Korean steel major Posco’s mining prospect in Khandadhar hills of Sundargarh district could meet the same fate as that of Vedanta whose attempts to mine in the Niyamgiri hills were unsuccessful. Sources said though Posco has approached the Project Monitoring Group of the Central Government to expedite mining proposal …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd. & Others (Appellant) Versus Rajesh Verma & Ors. (Respondent) dated 22/04/2014 regarding granting of iron ore mines to Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd., District Sundargarh, Orissa.
