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 …
The statutory environment panel has revoked the clearance given to South Korean steel major Posco’s Rs 54,000-crore integrated steel plant and port project in Jagatsinghpur in Odisha, raising fears that the venture may get further delayed. Posco will now have to go through the process of environmental clearance— at least …
The Odisha government today submitted a status report on the Posco project at a meeting convened at Udyog Bhawan in New Delhi. The report mentioned the steps taken for the progress of the project work, said sources. The meeting, was presided over by the joint secretary of Department of Industrial …
Project opponents handing over land; Odisha offers to withdraw cases against activists Even as the Centre is set to review the progress on the Posco mega steel plant in Odisha, in an inter-departmental ministerial committee meeting on Tuesday, the renewed land acquisition drive for the plant, near Paradip, continued peacefully …
Land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project resumed in Jagatsinghpur district on Monday after being suspended for about two-and-a-half months. The restarting of the demolition of betel vines at Gobindpur village at the proposed plant site near Paradip coincided with Posco-India CMD YW Yoon meeting Development Commissioner …
After remaining suspended for about two-and-a-half months, land acquisition today resumed for Posco Steel’s Rs 52,000-crore mega project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. Ten betel vine plantations were dismantled in the first few hours without any resistance from locals, official sources said, adding that payments would be made soon. Meanwhile, anti-Posco …
2,100 acres already acquired, project needs 2,700 acres in Phase-I The Odisha government said it has already acquired 2,100 acres of land for the Posco steel project. The government, through its nodal land acquisition agency - Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco), is hopeful of acquiring additional 600 acres for …
Korean Steel major Posco has moved a step closer to start work on the much-delayed $12-billion steel project in Orissa with the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) likely to give it the assurance to supply full quantity of iron ore for the plant under a negotiated price if the Supreme Court …
BHUBANESWAR: A high-level committee set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review the mega Posco steel project in the state has spelled fresh trouble for the much-hyped project. The committee headed by K Roy Paul was constituted as per the March 30, 2012 order of …
BHUBANESWAR: The state government is planning to restart land acquisition work the mega Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district soon, official sources said on Monday. With the Budget session of the state assembly having ended last week, the Naveen Patnaik dispensation is making all arrangements to go all-out to give …
The green revalidation for the Korean major is stuck with the expert panel Minister for Environment and Forests Jayanthi Natarajan has said the government has not firmed up its views on green clearance for the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project in Odisha. The expert appraisal committee (EAC) was yet to submit …
‘Odisha Govt Gave Undue Benefits to Korean Co’ Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the Odisha government for extending undue benefits to South Korean company Posco while allotting a plot in Bhubaneswar. The CAG, in its latest report on the general and social sector tabled in …
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found Odisha government of extending undue benefits to South Korean steel major Posco in allotment of a piece of land in the state capital here. "The company extended undue benefit in allotment of land disregarding zonal regulation and charging of premium at a …
The steel ministry has asked the environment ministry to expressly revalidate the green clearance to Posco’s stranded steel project in Orissa “to avoid unnecessary noises raised by NGOs and anti-project entities.” The ministry would also begin fresh talks with the Naveen Patnaik government to stress the need to hand over …
Asks state, Posco and Geomin to give written submissions by Apr 5 The Supreme Court on Thursday concluded two year long hearing on a case related to grant of mineral prospecting licence (PL) for Khandadhar iron ore mines in favour of Posco and reserved the judgment. It has directed all …
BHUBANESWAR: Mamata Das (name changed) of the nondescript Dhinkia village in Odisha has perhaps never met any of the members of Meera Paibi, the all-women group fighting state atrocities and human rights violations in Manipur. But last week, there was an underlying similarity that linked Das and other women villagers …
At least 20 persons, most of them women, were injured in a lathi charge when they were demonstrating in the Posco project area on Thursday demanding the withdrawal of armed police from their locality. At least two women protesters protested seminude. Jagatsinghpur Superintendent of Police Satyabrata Bhoi confirmed the incident …
BHUBANESWAR: In what seems to be a desperate move to stall the ongoing land acquisition move by the government, anti-Posco group on Wednesday threatened to organize a nude protest, even as South Korean ambassador to India Kim Joong-Keun expressed concern over the delay in implementation of the proposed mega steel …
Land acquisition for the Posco steel project continued amid a tense atmosphere with the anti-project brigade led by Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) staging its protest rally at Patana village in the project site violating the prohibitory orders. The protest meet was supported by leaders of six political parties and …
DHINKIA: A large number of anti-Posco villagers, including women and children, defied the prohibitory order of the administration on Tuesday and organized a protest meeting at Patana haat under Dhinkia gram panchayat after the cremation of three bomb blast victims. The bodies of Narahari Sahoo, Tarun Mandal and Manas Jena …
Administration clamps prohibitory orders to prevent opponents' rally Continuing its land acquisition drive at the Posco project site near Paradip, the Jagatsinghpur district administration on Monday dismantled 24 betel vines in Gobindpur village even as the anti-Posco brigade mobilized its supporters to hold a protest rally at neighbouring Patana village …
