Bangalore: The Karnataka government is unlikely to clear any proposal from Korean steel major Posco for a steel plant in the State, even if the company decides to locate the plant in the State, Minister for Large and Medium Industries told The Hindu on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India leader D. Raja has accused the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, Orissa Government officials and the Korean steel giant Posco of

PARADIP: The much-awaited Posco survey, stalled for two years, got underway at Nuagaon and Gadkujang panchayats after obtaining clearance from the United Action Committee, a pro-Posco outfit.

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Despite people from six villages opposing the land survey work by government officials for the 12 million tonne Posco steel plant at Jagatsinghpur district, on Tuesday the local administration started the survey work in a village in the area.

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Finally South Korean Steel major Posco on Tuesday made tryst with destiny. Nearly five years after signing a memorandum of understanding with he Orissa government and battling serious anti-displacement protests by the ocals, the company officials along with the government authorities entered the project site at Kujang near Paradip and conducted the crucial survey work.

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PARADIP: The last-phase survey for crisis-ridden Posco project will get underway from Tuesday. This was decided at a meeting among district administration, United Action Committee (UAC), a purportedly pro-Posco outfit, and villagers likely to be affected by the project yesterday. It was also decided to finalise the compensation package after the survey taking into confidence Posco authorities.

BHUBANESWAR: CPI MP from Jagatsinghpur Bibhu Prasad Tarai has demanded that the final phase of survey for the Posco steel plant project should be deferred till as negotiation process with the local affected is slated to start.

In a major development pertaining to the Rs 51,000-crore greenfield project proposed by Posco in Jagatsinghpur district, the Orissa government today asked the South Korean company not to insist on 300 acres of private land in Dhinkia village.