Wildlife

HC allows Greenpeace activists to hold silent demonstration

Mumbai, August 26 NGO says Tata's project to develop Dhamra port on Orrisa coast will affect breeding of Olive Ridley turtles
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed environment NGO Greenpeace to hold silent and peaceful demonstration near the venue of Tata Steel's Annual General Meeting in the city on August 28.

Justice V M Kanade, however, restrained the NGO from assembling at residences of the company's directors or at Bombay House, headquarters of Tata Group.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2008
Indian Express (Mumbai)
Tags:
Ports, Turtles, Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), High Court, Greenpeace, Orissa (Odisha)
Habitat And Urbanisation

Gujarat Maritime Board seeks more time for MPSEZ report

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) on Thursday sought further time from Gujarat High Court to submit its inspection report regarding fishermen's allegations on the Adanis that the Mundra Port Special Economic Zone (MPSEZ) has violated court's order by contunued to fill three creeks near Mundra. A division bench has granted GMB the time till Aug 29 to file its reply. Earlier, it was asked to file the report on Thursday and the hearing was kept on August 25.

Publication Date: 
22/08/2008
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Ports, Marine Fisheries, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), High Court, Gujarat
Habitat And Urbanisation

Projections of investment in infrastructure during the Eleventh Plan

The Eleventh Five Year Plan has set an ambitious target of increasing total investment in infrastructure from around 5% of GDP in the base year of the Plan 2006-07 to 9% by the terminal year 2011-2012.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2008
Planning Commission
Tags:
Ports, Irrigation, Urbanisation, Rail Transport, Roads, Bridges, Water Supply, Sanitation, Electricity, Finance, India, Infrastructure Development, Telecommunication
Land

 More sops

Or, how to bend over to please industry POSCO needs 300 million tonnes of coal for 30-35 years of operation. So, on July 26, 2006, the state government recommended to the Centre that the company be allotted coal blocks in Chhendipada-I, Baitarani West, and Chhendipada-II for captive mining. The latter two have already been allotted to other companies. If, however, the company obtains

Publication Date: 
30/07/2008
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Land, Land Resources, Land Acquisition, Mining, POSCO, Iron, Ports, Conflicts, Iron And Steel Industry, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Land

 Dear Naveen ji

Jual Oram shoots off a stinker Jual Oram, (then) state president of the BJP, in coalition with Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik

Publication Date: 
30/07/2008
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Land, Land Resources, Land Acquisition, Mining, POSCO, Iron, Ports, Conflicts, Iron And Steel Industry, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Land

 1,620.361 ha of discontent

Special economic zones and sit-ins. Mega-projects and marches. Public-private partnerships and pitched battles. Precociously, because they are desperate, state governments are willing to hand land, forest, water over to industry.

Raucously, because they are really desperate, people all over India have begun to use all available means to contest the usually coercive intrusion of the State into their lives, and livelihoods.

Consider, as symptom, the Orissa government

Publication Date: 
30/07/2008
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Land, Land Resources, Land Acquisition, Mining, POSCO, Iron, Ports, Development, Displacement, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, Iron And Steel Industry, Multinational Corporations (MNCs), Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Supreme Court, India, Orissa (Odisha)
Land

 Out on a limb

21 February, 2006: Anti-POSCO groups demonstrate against the visit of the then Panchayati Raj Minister, Dr Damodar Rout 8 December, 2006: Anti-POSCO convention held at Balitutha February, 2007: Polling for panchayat elections could not be held on some booths in Dhinkia following protests 13 October, 2007: Four POSCO-India executives taken hostage and beaten up 29 November, 2007:

Publication Date: 
30/07/2008
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 Orissa calling

Mining lease for POSCO plant now in legal row Kanchi Kohli & Manju Menon With little groundwork done, the Orissa government signed an mou with South Korean giant posco in 2005. It assured the company of requisite clearances and keeping the area free of all encumbrances. But the state

Publication Date: 
14/07/2008
Down to Earth
Tags:
Mining, POSCO, Iron, Ports, Conflicts, Iron And Steel Industry, Supreme Court, High Court, India, Orissa (Odisha), Sundargarh (D)
Land

Apex Court lifts stay on Mundra SEZ

AHMEDABAD: In a major relief to the Adani group, the Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated the stay order that stalled work at its Rs 7,400-crore multi-product special economic zone at Mundra. A bench headed by chief justice KG Balakrishnan, while dismissing the petition of fishermen as withdrawn, asked the Adani group not to fill the creeks.

Publication Date: 
10/07/2008
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Ecology, Land Acquisition, Ports, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Supreme Court
Land

Plea against SEZ dismissed, petitioners told to approach HC

In an apparent departure from its stance of being environment-friendly, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to pass any order on a petition filed by a few Gujarat fishermen challenging the Special Economic Zone at Mundra. In what comes as a breather for the Adani group, the apex court asked the petitioners to approach the respective High Court for directions, if any.

Publication Date: 
10/07/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Resources, Ports, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Supreme Court, High Court, Gujarat

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