In what appears to be a setback to the POSCO's dream 12-million ton steel project, the National Green Tribunal on Tuesday issued notices to the union ministry for environment and forest (MoEF), Orissa government, Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) and POSCO India asking about the circumstances under which environmental clearance was given to the South Korean company's proposal for the largest FDI project and a captive port in Jagatsinghpur...
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Dharna planned against draft Land Acquisition Bill by K Balchand
Not a comprehensive draft, says Medha Patkar The first major opposition to the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011 will be in the form of a three-day dharna here beginning on Wednesday by the project-affected people. Various peoples' movements under the banner of SANGHARSH have decided to stage a dharna at Jantar Mantar protesting the new draft and demanding that the government come up with a comprehensive National...
More »Orissa fails to keep date with revised MoU with POSCO by Nageshwar Patnaik
The Orissa government has failed to keep its commitment for renewal of the revised MoU with POSCO-India Ltd for setting up 12-million ton steel plant near Paradip by July end as the South Korean company has not agreed to certain conditions in the revised MoU. Even as the tenure of the previous MoU expired on June 21, 2010, the state government had gone on acquiring land for the proposed steel...
More »Locals oppose 6-lakh-tree cut for POSCO project
-PTI Over six lakh trees and some 1,800 betel vines will have to be sacrificed to set up POSCO's Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project in Orissa's coastal Jagatsinghpur district. The trees to make way for the greenfield project include about three lakh casuarina and as many horticultural plants, official sources said. Local people have voiced strong opposition against the move to clear the trees, arguing that they will be exposed to...
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-The Times of India The unveiling of the draft National Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill is better late than never. All over India, industrialisation and infrastructure are hobbled by land-related strife. Whether it's Singur in Bengal or anti-POSCO protests in Orissa, such stirs are impeding development and spooking investors. Bringing in a set of predictable rules - any rules - is welcome in such a context. The Bill...
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