Bhubaneswar: Steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty on Monday said that South Korean steel major Posco will not insist on inclusion of swapping of iron ore clause in the fresh MoU to be signed soon.
Briefing newsmen here, the minister said that since the MoU signed on June 22, 2005 for a period of five years had already expired, the state government was in the process of preparing a fresh M
Bhubaneswar The Orissa government is likely to resume the land acquisition process for Posco India's steel project after the Rath Yatra festival, which will begin on Sunday and continue till July 11.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to resolve the deadlock due to the opposition by a pro-project outfit, United Action Committee (UAC).
Jagatsinghpur district collector Narayan Chandra Jena,
As an indefinite dharna by five political parties in the city opposing forceful land acquisition for the Posco steel project entered its second day on Friday, the Jagatsinghpur district administration held talks with some of the office-bearers of an outfit supporting the project in order to resume ground levelling and boundary wall construction work on the land acquired for the project earlier.
Bhubaneshwar The MoU with Posco India for its 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa will be renewed by July 10. The MoU, signed in June 2005, expired last year. The government is working on details to complete the renewal of Posco India's MoU by July 10," said state chief secretary BK Patnaik.
Armed policemen accompanying officials return to their makeshift camps
As the agitation continued to intensify over the Posco steel project, the Jagatsinghpur district administration on Tuesday did not acquire any land for the venture but continued the construction of a boundary wall on the land acquired earlier.
While senior leaders belonging to the Opposition Congress and the Communist Party
Doctor and human rights activist Binayak Sen, charged with sedition by the Chhattisgarh government, recently travelled to South Korea to receive an award.
Bhubaneswar The Orissa government on Monday declared the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) dharna using children as human shields at Gobindpur unlawful after clamping Section 144 on the area.
Bhubaneswar: Going by the reports that South Korean steel major Posco has agreed in principle to guarantee employment for locals in its project area near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, one of the hurdles for renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the company and the state government has been overcome.
It may be mentioned that the state government on June 22, 2005, had signed a M
Sandwiched between the agitations by pro and anti-Posco activists, the Government has decided to tread cautiously but is determined to disperse the agitators. As the first step and with a stern message after a lull of more than two weeks, the State Government on Monday redeployed forces at the project site and declared use of children in the anti-Posco campaign as illegal.
