There is something for Posco finally to cheer about as work at its proposed site for 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,...
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India's Rural Poor Give up on Power Grid, Go Solar by Katy Daigle
Boommi Gowda used to fear the night. Her vision fogged by glaucoma, she could not see by just the dim glow of a kerosene lamp, so she avoided going outside where king cobras slithered freely and tigers carried off neighborhood dogs. But things have changed at Gowda's home in the remote southern village of Nada. A solar-powered lamp pours white light across the front of the mud-walled hut she shares with...
More »'Only MoEF can take a final call on Vedanta mining rights in Niyamgiri hills'
-The Times of India The Union ministry of environment and Forests (MoEF) has said it alone can take the final call on whether Vedanta can mine bauxite deposits in the Niyamgiri hills, asserting that it has the power to turn down the recommendation of the ministry's statutory Environment Appraisal Committee (EAC). Reacting to the report in TOI on Saturday about the EAC's go-ahead to Vedanta to start mining the bauxite deposit...
More »Dalma bowls over Centre emissary by ASRP Mukesh
A senior central Forest officer today sealed his report after visiting Dalma for a final word from Union Forest and environment minister Jairam Ramesh on declaring the elephant sanctuary and its adjoining areas an eco-sensitive zone, a proposed tag that Tata Steel has objected to. Inspector-general(wildlife) of the Union ministry of Forest A.K. Srivastava was sent to Jharkhand after Tata Steel sent a letter to Ramesh on June 24 raising concerns...
More »Tata spanner in Dalma plan by ASRP Mukesh
A senior Forest official from the Centre is visiting Jharkhand tomorrow to review a state proposal to declare Dalma Forests and its adjoining areas in the Singhbum region an eco-sensitive zone, a move that has been opposed by Tata Steel. In March, the state Forest department had drafted an exhaustive plan to create a protective zone around 10km perimeter of the Dalma Forests to protect the area that is a natural...
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