Paradip: Work at the proposed site for Posco's controversial Rs 52,000 crore steel project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district resumed on Tuesday after remaining stalled since June 26. "Work in Gadakujanga and Nuagaon areas is going on today," Jagatsinghpur district collector N C Jena said. Felling of trees and clearing of forest area and acquired betel-vine farms were continuing in Gadakujanga and Nuagaon areas, official sources said, adding steps were also...
03:18 PM, Jul 05, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Rejecting allegations of forcible land acquisition and violation of Forest Rights Acts at Posco's proposed plant site villages in Orissa, the state government on Thursday claimed that it was making progress at the ground level. "There is no violation of any law for the Posco project," Chief Secretary B K Patnaik told reporters in the face of allegations made by political parties and social activists. Stating that the ground...
07:57 PM, Jun 23, 2011
Bhubaneswar: It is 'force versus children' in the battle for land to set up Posco's proposed mega steel project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the anti-displacement stir has entered the decisive phase. While a determined state government have accused the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), a body spearheading agitation against the South Korean steel major, of using the children as a 'shield', the villagers sought to differ. "We involve children...
10:46 AM, Jun 19, 2011
Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing allegations of forcible land acquisition for Posco project near Paradip, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said force was not used for the purpose as his government believed in "peaceful industrialisation". "I have often said that we believe in peaceful industrialisation," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters adding the state government was constantly monitoring developments at the proposed plant site villages. The state government would take appropriate...
05:21 PM, Jun 13, 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
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
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: 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: 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
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry on Friday issued a show cause notice for revoking environment clearance to Jindal steel and power plant in Angul in Orissa for violating green laws. The Ministry issued the notice under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, for revocation of environmental clearance in view of Jindal not obeying its conditions. The Ministry, while giving environmental clearance to the 6 million tonnes per annum...
08:05 PM, Nov 26, 2010
Bhubaneshwar: The four-member panel appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has submitted its report to the Environment Ministry on Posco's proposed steel Project. There has been no final decision on the project yet. The panel has submitted two separate reports where three members are suggesting cancellation of the existing environment laws. Headed by former environment secretary Meena Gupta, the central team probing alleged irregularities in the implementation...
05:07 PM, Oct 18, 2010
Significant emission of gases led to 27 people seriously falling ill at a steel plant in Durgapur. Four of them have been shifted to the ICU. ...
04:04 PM, Jul 15, 2010
Police fired rubber bullets and teargas shells to evict protesters, mostly women and children. ...
08:36 PM, May 15, 2010
Even pro-Posco group have expressed dissatisfaction over compensation. ...
12:06 PM, Feb 15, 2010
Environment and Forests Ministry gave the clearance on Wednesday. ...
01:50 PM, Jan 01, 2010
The incident took place on Monday in front of the Rourkela Steel Plant. ...
09:20 PM, Jan 26, 2009
