-PTI NEW DELHI: South Korean steel major POSCO will build the $ 12 billion plant in Orissa in three phases and hopes to start work on four million tonne (MT) first phase soon after the land is transferred to it. "We will build the 12 million tonne per annum (MTPA) steel plant in Orissa in three phases. The first phase will be of 4 MTPA and we hope to begin...
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Activist Shehanaz warns against selling land for Posco
-The Times of India DAVANAGERE: Jana Sangrama Parishat activist Shehanaz called on the farmers of Halligudi in Gadag district warning them against selling their fertile land for Posco steel industry. She was addressing a gathering in Davanagere on Wednesday as part of a state-level awareness procession that started from Raichur on July 9 and will end at Bangalore on July 17. It is being held to create awareness among people...
More »New tribal minister opposes Posco project by Subodh Ghildiyal
Newly-appointed tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo on Thursday gave a boost to anti-mining activism by vetoing thePosco project in Orissa and also said that bauxite mining cannot be allowed just because the mineral deposits are under the houses of poor tribals. Deo, who as Congress MP successfully lobbied against bauxite mining in his constituency in Vishakhapatnam, hailed the decision to stop Vedanta in Niyamgiri hills and even vetoed...
More »Rahul supports demand to relocate Posco project
-The Financial Express All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi has supported the demand to shift Posco India’s 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa to an alternative site. “If there is adequate non-agriculture land available, then that would be a better alternative,” Rahul Gandhi said. The Orissa Congress is demanding that the project be shifted to a place near Dhinkia where over 7,000 acres of barren land is available....
More »Farm sector in distress by Pavan Kumar H
The fear of losing their land for setting up industrial establishments, as is the case at present in Gadag, is not the only worry for farmers in Karnataka. The farmers in the State appeared to be a distressed lot even with farm lands in their possession. Contrary to what the State Home Department would want us to believe, the State Crime Records Bureau’s (SCRB) report portrays a dismal picture of the incidence...
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