Bhubaneswar: In a temporary respite to anti-Posco agitators, the Orissa government on Sunday halted land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore steel project for five days. There would be no land acquisition for the Posco project at the proposed site near Paradip for five days from on Sunday in view of the "Rajo" festival which is celebrated in Orissa, Jagatsinghpur district Collector NC Jena said. After the five-day break, the...
08:36 PM, Jun 12, 2011
New Delhi: Amid protests by locals against land acquisition for Posco's steel plant in Orissa's Govindpur village, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asked the state government not to use environmental clearance for the project as a "license for forcible acquisition of land". "The Posco steel-cum-power-cum-port project in Odisha was given environment and forest clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forests after a great deal of thought and a...
01:26 PM, Jun 12, 2011
Jagatsingh: Twenty platoons of police had to retreat on Saturday from Dhinkia in the face of stiff protest by the villagers with Children being used as a human shield against them. Children, who should be playing are instead at the forefront of a battle between the state and villagers. It's the second consecutive day of the stand-off over 4 thousand acres of land for the proposed Posco steel plant in ...
09:33 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Jagatsingh: Twenty platoons of police had to retreat on Saturday from Dhinkia in the face of stiff protest by the villagers with Children being used as a human shield against them. Children, who should be playing are instead at the forefront of a battle between the state and villagers. It's the second consecutive day of the stand-off over 4 thousand acres of land for the proposed Posco steel plant in...
09:33 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: The stand-off between the Orissa government and villagers opposed to proposed POSCO steel plant has intensified. And in a first, it's women and children who are taking the lead in guarding their land from security forces who have moved into Orissa's Dhinkia village - the site of the country's biggest FDI project. Over a 100 children are being used as human shields to halt the ongoing land acquistion...
01:06 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Paradip: A day after declaring assembly of anti-Posco agitators at entry point to Dhinkia area near here as "unlawful", Orissa government on Saturday re-deployed police force and hinted at action if protesters continue to prevent movement of officials at the proposed steel project site. As the villagers, refusing to give away their land for the steel plant, formed a three-tier human barricade at the entry point, 23 platoons of police...
11:26 AM, Jun 11, 2011
Bhubaneswar: After getting clearance for the Rs 51,000 crore POSCO project by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF), the Orissa government has started massive preparation for a crackdown by using armed force on the anti POSCO villagers at the POSCO site to acquire their land. But, the situation tense on the ground becomes tense as the agitating farmers are preparing themselves for a final and desperate battle to save...
12:43 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Paradip: Eight police personnel were on Saturday taken hostage in Orissa by a group of locals opposing the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant. "A police jeep was stopped by locals, mostly women, as it entered Patana village under Dhinkia Panchayat and all the eight occupants, including the driver, were held captive," Additional Superintendent of Police Shantanu Das said. No harm was caused to the police personnel by anti-Posco activists,...
01:58 PM, May 28, 2011
Bhubaneswar: After a two day break, the Orissa government on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco mega steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district. "Land acquisition, which remained suspended on Saturday and yesterday, resumed peacefully today," Additional District Magistrate (Paradip) Sarojkant Choudhury said. Over a dozen betel vine plantations at Polanga and Noliasahi areas were acquired since morning and compensation paid, he said. Members of the...
02:50 PM, May 23, 2011
Paradip (Orissa): Land acquisition for Posco's mega steel plant was disrupted on Friday when a group of villagers, who had earlier backed the Rs 52,000-crore project, staged a sit-in at the proposed site. With villagers showing reluctance to come forward to hand over land, teams engaged by the administration of Jagatsinghpur district for land acquisition conducted measurement of betel vines, fish ponds and plantations. "We want people to hand over...
01:39 PM, May 20, 2011
Paradip: Around 20 people were arrested on Thursday for allegedly trying to obstruct the process of land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant. Activists of United Action Committee (UAC), who earlier backed the mega project, were taken into custody as they blocked the entry route to Gada Kujanga opposing land acquisition work, resumed after nine months on Wednesday, police said. "About 20 people were arrested after effort...
10:54 AM, May 19, 2011
New Delhi: Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Monday granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project but said the South Korean steel major should not export raw material from the proposed project. "...In view of the state government's latest communication of April 29, final approval is accorded to the state government for diversion of 1253 hectares of forest land in favour...
02:57 PM, May 02, 2011
New Delhi: Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday exuded confidence that the proposed $12 billion (Rs 54,000 crore) steel project of South Korean major Posco, billed as the country's largest FDI, would soon get the environment ministry's permission to clear forest areas. Assurance report for proper implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA) will be submitted to the Centre shortly, Patnaik told reporters after calling on Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal...
05:27 PM, Apr 11, 2011
Bhubaneshwar: Orissa government on Monday said it would "positively" respond to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) by end of February on the Posco issue, official sources said. "We will positively reply the MoEF by February end on status of implementation of Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006 at the proposed plant site villages of Posco," chief secretary BK Patnaik told reporters in Bhubaneshwar. Stating that the Jagatsinghpur district collector...
12:14 AM, Feb 15, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Anti-Posco activists on Sunday dug up a road leading to the proposed plant site near Paradip protesting the visit by two senior officials for a joint survey. "We will prevent government officials and company staff from entering the proposed plant site. The villagers will stall any attempt to repair the road," Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) president Abhay Sahu told reporters. The protestors dug up the connecting road at...
12:16 AM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: The CPI on Thursday termed Environment Ministry's clearance to Posco's steel project in Orissa as a "glaring violation of law and justice" and a move that "legitimises land grabbing." "The government enacts laws and frames policies that it claims will benefit the people, and then goes on to tear them to shreds in order to favour multinationals," CPI National Secretary D Raja said in a letter to Prime...
06:42 PM, Feb 03, 2011
Jagatsinghpur (Orissa): Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh may have given the green signal to POSCO, but the steel plant project may not come up anytime soon. Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik may have felt very relieved after Ramesh cleared the project, but in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa clearance of the Rs 51,000 crore project has only kicked off fresh agitation. People in Jagatsinghpur have intensified their agitation against the project. Local people came...
02:20 PM, Feb 03, 2011
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11:51 PM, Jan 31, 2011
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry has given a conditional green signal to South Korean steel giant Poscos project to build a captive port and steel plant in Orissa. The go-ahead by the ministry is based on 50 additional conditions, the prominent conditions being: No construction in high erosion zone, No industrial activity in Coastal Zone Regulation area and total green area within the plant will be 25 per cent. Posco...
07:20 PM, Jan 31, 2011
New Delhi: Pohang Steel Compnay (POSCO) has got conditional clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest for its proposed steel plant at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa. The ministry gave clearance for the steel plan with 28 additional conditions and for the POSCO port with 32 additional conditions as part of environment clearance. The ministry also sought assurance from the Orissa government for the compliance of the Forest...
01:50 PM, Jan 31, 2011
