
Bhubaneswar: The Posco Project on Orissa receives yet another setback. The Forest Advisory Committee has given the Rs 52,000 crore-steel project proposed near the port town of Paradip, red signal on the basis of non-compliance of Forest Rights Act, which basically means community go-ahead was not taken for project. But the Orissa government has refused to conduct another process under Forest Rights Act to get community go ahead. Orissa Chief...

09:22 AM, Nov 03, 2010
New Delhi: The fate of the controversial Vedanta bauxite mining project in Orissa has been sealed with Environment Ministry rejecting the project, saying forest laws have been violated. While rejecting the project Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that Vedanta Resources had seriously violated some regulations and the decision was taken purely on the basis of laws. "Various forest acts have been violated in Vedanta project. There has been...

12:30 PM, Aug 24, 2010
New Delhi: Vedanta Resources' bauxite mining project in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills will not be allowed unless the local tribal communities give their consent and village councils agree to the use of forest land for the project, a government panel said on Monday. The panel, investigating violations of the Forest Rights Act and environmental norms by the company in Kalahandi district, said that allowing mining in the area would shake the...

09:22 AM, Aug 17, 2010

He said tribal communities integration is vital for country's development. ...

12:09 PM, Nov 04, 2009