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.
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Monday said that it cannot stop developmental activities at Posco's proposed steel plant site and wait for passage of the Land Acquisition (LA) Act in the Parl
CUTTACK: Posco India Ltd has told the Orissa High Court that no illegalities were committed either by the Centre or Orissa in giving forest clearance and diverting forest land for the South Korean company.
Senior advocate Sanjit Mohanty arguing during adjudication of a batch of PILs challenging land acquisition and grant of forest clearance for the steel project in the Court of Chief Justice V
PARADIP: Work at the proposed Posco steel project could not be taken up due to a face-off between the police and villagers at Polang under Gadakujang panchayat on Saturday.
Bhubaneswar: Stressing that the poor must not be pushed aside to set up the Posco steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that if non-agricultural land was available for the project, it would be a better option.
If there is land available (for Posco project) which is not agricultural land, it will be a better solution, the Congress gener
This special report by Sayantan Bera in Down To Earth reveals how Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package.
Just about a year after his open support for the Dongaria Kondh tribals in Niyamgiri who are protesting the mining of bauxite by Vedanta Alumina, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lent his support to the people facing displacement by the 12 million tonne Posco project in Orissa
They captured national attention during their nerve-wracking stand-off with the police barely a fortnight ago over the Orissa State's forcible acquisition of their land for POSCO.
BHUBANESWAR: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday slammed the Government for misleading the farmers on the supply of certified seeds.
Though the Government fixed a target to supply 6.12 lakh quintals of quality seeds to the farmers during this kharif, it only provided 4.19 lakh quintals.
While there is good demand for Swarna, Lalat and Khandagiri variety of seeds, the BJP alleged that the O
