Asking the Odisha government to consult opposition political parties before signing fresh MoU with Posco-India, BJP on Wednesday said that it would oppose any move to allow a captive port and iron ore swapping for the proposed steel project.

In order to safeguard the interest of the state, the government must hold consultations with opposition parties and take their views on Posco project befor

Put in a fix over controversial iron ore swapping clause in the lapsed MoU with Posco-India, the Odisha government on Tuesday asked different departments to give their views within 15 days on possible deletion and addition of new points in the renewed MoU with the South Korean steel major.

No decision has been taken at today's meeting.

Worried over spurt in law and order problems due to land-related issues in various places, the Odisha government on Tuesday asked district collectors to sort out these problems particularly in scheduled areas.

I have asked the district collectors to solve land-related problems in the scheduled areas immediately in a mission mode, revenue and disaster management minister Surya Narayan Patra said

With the death of two more children due to chicken pox with dysentery today, the toll rose to five at Barsuna and nearby areas in Sundargarh district during the past ten days, official sources said.
Earlier three deaths, mostly of children below three years of age, were reported from the areas.
All deaths were caused due to chicken pox with dysentery.
A medical team, camping in the area, has in

Put in a fix over controversial iron ore swapping clause in the lapsed MoU with Posco-India, the Odisha government on Tuesday asked different departments to give their views within 15 days on possible deletion and addition of new points in the renewed MoU with the South Korean steel major.

No decision has been taken at today's meeting.

The Odisha government on Saturday decided to close down the sponge iron plants failing to install electro-static precipitators (ESP) to stop pollution by end of June, said forest and environment minister Debi Prasad Mishra.
He said of the 107 sponge iron plants in the state, so far thirty percent of the units are creating pollution and have failed to replace their existing gas cleaning plants to

The Odisha government is considering setting up an eco-tourism park in the Manchabandha Reserve in Baripada territorial forest division.
A project for wildlife conservation in the area is also in the pipeline, forest department sources said.
Nearly 822 hectares of lush green forest area has been earmarked for the projects.
The area is covered with dense Sal vegetation.
Of the total area, 210 h

Secretary of the Wildlife Society of Odisha, Biswajit Mohanty on Sunday said that lack of concern has led to a rapid loss of the Odisha

Accusing the Odisha government of resorting to forcible land acquisition for Posco steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, five political parties have decided to stage civil disobedience agitation here on Monday.

Leaders of CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party at a meeting alleged that the state government used force to acquire land from the residents of the three gram panchayats un

Alleging forcible land acquisition for Posco steel project near Paradip, five political parties on Saturday resolved to go for a civil disobedience agitation in front of the state secretariat on Monday.

The leaders of five parties comprising CPI, CPM, Forward Bloc, RJD and Samajwadi Party in a joint meeting condemned the state government's alleged act of using force to acquire land from the res

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