NUAPADA: Here, water problem is of a different kind. Even as there are water sources in 2,355 hamlets under 641 revenue villages, they are high on fluoride.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has unearthed a land scam in Orissa where the state government acquired land for industrial houses like Vedanta and Posco by reportedly misusing existing p

It seeks fresh review by experts, new conditions, compliance with deadline

The Rs.51,000-crore Posco steel project in Odisha is back in limbo with the National Green Tribunal suspending the Environment Ministry's nod for the country's single largest FDI venture. The government has been told to have a fresh review conducted by experts to recommend new conditions and ensure compliance with a clear deadline.

Placing fresh hurdles before India’s biggest FDI project — Rs 50,000 crore Posco Integrated Steel Plant in Odisha — the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday suspended the final 2011 environmenta

The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India has found that the Naveen Patnaik government has ‘misused' the Land Acquisition Act for acquiring land for several big industrial projects, including the proposed mega steel plant by South Korean steel major Posco.

“Emergency Provisions of Section 17 (4) were misused and applied arbitrarily even without indicating detailed justification for the same and without fulfilment of prescribed conditions,” the CAG has stated.

The directive puts the current single-largest FDI in the country at risk

Within days of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s assurance to South Korea that all was well with the $12-billion Posco project, the situation has taken a new turn. In a major setback to the South Korean steel giant, the National Green Tribunal today suspended the environment clearance granted to Posco’s proposed mega project in Orissa a year ago.

The Rs 50,000-crore Posco steel plant in Odisha hit a snag after the National Green Tribunal denied clearance to the project.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday assured South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on the implementation of the $12-billion Posco steel project in Odisha.

The manufacturing unit of the State-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) now faces a serious threat of being closed down on account of the company's inability to manage massive amounts of fly ash.

In a letter addressed to B.L. Bagra, NALCO's chairman-cum-MD, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) said it will be forced to close down its 1,200 mw-capacity Captive Power Plant, critical for running a smelter unit at Angul in Odisha, unless the company takes up the disposal of fly ash on a war footing.