But people won

May 2007: Union Ministry of Environment And Forests approves construction of captive port at Jatadhari river mouth near Paradip July 2007: Environmental clearance for four million-tonne steel plant and 400 MW captive power plant August 2008: Supreme Court nod for diverting 1,253 hectares of forestland for the company

By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar

Jan. 12: Politics has once again begun to impact the fate of the Rs 52,000-crore Posco steel project at Paradip in Orissa.

11 Jan, 2009, 1435 hrs IST, IANS

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa on Sunday said it has again recommended South Korean steel major Posco, which is building a steel plant in the state, for Khan dadhar iron ore mines despite opposition from other companies and locals.

As tribals protested in India, Vietnam set an example WHILE the Orissa government assured support to the South Korean steel giant posco to set up its 12-million-tonne steel project in the state, the communities likely to be affected staged a protest march in Delhi on November 15. The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to the project on August 8 this year. Even as the agitators in India

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is yet to take a decision on the issue of iron ore mine lease to South Korean steel major Posco.

To a question from Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Cong),Minister of State for Mines Pradip Amat said that in December, 2006 the State Government under Section 11(5) of the MMDR Act, 1957 recommended Posco

Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar November 21, 2008, 0:00 IST

May cut staff by 40-50% as delay in approvals takes its toll on the steel maker

Anti-POSCO agitation intensifies THE arrest of its leader has made the anti- posco group in Orissa more resolute. People of Dhinkia, among the three villages to be affected by the proposed steel plant, have dug up roads to the village to prevent the police from entering. The Communist Party of India, the party arrested leader Abhay Sahu belongs to, has threatened a statewide agitation.

BS Reporter / Bhubaneswar November 04, 2008, 0:12 IST

South Korean steel major Posco has overcome the first hurdle in getting the forest diversion proposal (FDP) approved from the central government for its proposed 12-million tonne mega steel project near Paradeep in Orissa.