Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during the process of land acquisition for the project. "According to sources available with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (the state's …
My father has forcibly sent me to watch the boundary to avoid the penalty fixed by anti-Posco activists, said a 12-year-old girl who is part of the human barricade on the outskirts of Gobindpur. She is among the 500 children, in the age group of 5 to 15, of the …
Put in a fix over controversial iron ore swapping clause in the lapsed MoU with Posco-India, the Odisha government on Tuesday asked different departments to give their views within 15 days on possible deletion and addition of new points in the renewed MoU with the South Korean steel major. No …
In the times of Bhatta-Parsaul, Singur and Nandigram crises, the way Tamil Nadu has gone about land acquisition for industry could be a lesson for all states. Whose land is it anyway? That
Put in a fix over controversial iron ore swapping clause in the lapsed MoU with Posco-India, the Odisha government on Tuesday asked different departments to give their views within 15 days on possible deletion and addition of new points in the renewed MoU with the South Korean steel major. No …
Even as the State Government held talks with Korean steel major Posco for renewing the MoU on Tuesday, the ground situation remained volatile. A team of anti-displacement activists which visited Dhinkia said not a single policeman was found at the village which was utterly surprising although only a day before, …
A crucial high level official meeting of the Orissa government chaired by chief secretary B K Patnaik on Tuesday decided to consult South Korean steel major before recommending the revised agreement to chief minister Naveen Patnaik for his approval.
Drawing attention to the situation in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa where villagers are peacefully opposing forcible acquisition of their private and forest land by the Orissa Government for South Korean steel major Posco's project, a report titled
Bhubaneswar : Departments to report within 15 days, to check with Centre on ore export. A high-level meeting held on Tuesday for renewing the lapsed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the state government and Posco India, domestic arm of the Korean steel major for the latter
The district administration will begin land acquisition in the trouble-torn Gobindpur village on Tuesday. In a meeting on Friday, the district administration had sought cooperation from the people of Gobindpur for demolition of betel vines and the latter had agreed. Special Land Acquisition Officer Nrusingh Swain said that the land …
Five political parties staged a civil disobedience agitation in Bhubaneswar on Monday opposing the land acquisition for the Posco steel project. Trouble is expected at Dhinkia in Orissa
Accusing the Odisha government of resorting to forcible land acquisition for Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, five political parties have decided to stage civil disobedience agitation here on Monday. Leaders of CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party at a meeting alleged that the state government used force …
In a significant mo-ve, the ministry of environment and forests has come out with a tough policy on setting up ports and thermal power projects clusters. The Union environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh said that ports were banned in high erosion zones of coastal states and retrofitting might be an …
Bhubaneswar : The revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posco India will contain the revised project plan proposed by the South Korean steel major and also the mandatory employment clause of the Orissa government. Top officials of the state government are set to meet tomorrow at the state secretariat to …
Alleging forcible land acquisition for Posco steel project near Paradip, five political parties on Saturday resolved to go for a civil disobedience agitation in front of the state secretariat on Monday. The leaders of five parties comprising CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party in a joint meeting condemned …
After conducting land acquisition for the proposed steel plant by Korean company Posco in areas dominated by supporters of the project, the Jagatsinghpur district administration is all set to enter the anti-Posco stronghold in the project site. The administration has made elaborate police arrangement to conduct land acquisition at the …
BHUBANESWAR: A group of villagers in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district were Friday detained and later released when they opposed land acquisition for the proposed $12 billion steel project by South Korean company Posco, police said. Trouble started when officials engaged in the land acquisition process tried to demolish the betel vines …
The Orissa government on Friday came down heavily on anti-Posco protesters by arresting 18 villagers, including a prominent anti-Posco leader, and carried on with its land acquisition drive for the South Korean steel major
