Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources Plc, today said it has invested Rs 40,000 crore in its Orissa projects and aims to achieve 3,615 MW of generation capacity at its Jharsuguda power plants by the end of next year.

"So far, we have achieved 2,415 MW in our two power plants at Jharsuguda.

BHUBANESWAR: After Posco and Vedanta, fate of three mega thermal power projects of the State hangs in balance as the Ministry of Environment and Forest continues to take a tough stand on the issue of granting statutory clearance for mining coal from the allotted blocks.

Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh today categorically said that grant of mining clearance to a

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today made a strong plea for granting environmental clearance for mining from the two coal blocks allotted to the Orissa Power Generation Corporation (OPGC) in Sundargarh district.

On a four-day visit to Delhi, the Chief Minister called upon Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal and discussed the expansion plan of the Ib Thermal Power Station in Jha

BHUBANESWAR: With the load of pollution alarmingly high in certain mining and industrial belts of the State, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has advised regular regional level monitoring of two such areas.

Ib Valley and Jharsuguda, two industrial hotspots, have been picked by the ministry for the special monitoring of the environment.

A project monitoring committee, constitu

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has raised objection to the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)

BHUBANESWAR: After giving conditional clearance to big ticket projects like Posco and Vedanta following intervention of the Prime Minister

JHARSUGUDA: At the first glance, Sanjob, Chuwaliberna, Madhuban Nagar and Ramadera are no different from scores of other villages dotting Jharsuguda district.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government, it seems, is not in a hurry to provide alternative bauxite mines to the UK-based Vedanta group for its refinery at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district after the Centre rejected the stage-I forest clearance for its proposed mining project in Niyamgiri.

It has asked the company to have patience to get alternative sources of raw material in Orissa.

BHUBANESWAR/SAMBALPUR: Even as western Orissa continues to reel under a sudden outbreak of the H1N1, nine Chinese nationals were rushed to the VSS Medical College and Hospital with suspected symptoms on Monday.

The Chinese nationals are part of a 55- member team working for establishment of the power plant of Sterlite Energy Ltd at Jharsuguda.

Debabrata Mohanty

With the Ministry of Environment and Forests waving the red flag to Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi coming to Niyamgiri on August 26, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is now planning to seek direct intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

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