Energy

OIPL drafting PPA for Odisha UMPP

The Odisha Integrated Power Ltd (OIPL), a fully owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation (PFC) is in the process of preparing the draft power purchase agreement (PPA) for the first ultra mega

Publication Date: 
31/12/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Power Industry, Sundargarh (D), Land Acquisition, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Coal
Forests

18,077 ha forest land diverted in Odisha for mining

Keonjhar, Sundergarh, Angul and Koraput see maximum diversion

As many as 18077.329 hectares (ha) of forest land have been diverted for mining activities in the state till June 2013. “About 52040.805 ha of different types of forest land are leased out in the mining areas. On approval of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest, about 18077.329 hectares of forest land are diverted in accordance with the Forest Conservation Act, 1980,” state Forest and Environment Minister, Bijayshree Routray said in a written reply to the state assembly.

Publication Date: 
12/12/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Keonjhar (D), Sundargarh (D), Angul (D), Forests, Land, Mining, Forest Act 1980, Forest Act 1988, Forest Policy, Forest Clearance
Mining

Executive summary of EIA report of Koira Iron mine of Essel Mining & Industries Ltd. at Sundergarh Dist, Orissa

Introducition:
 
Publication Date: 
11/10/2013
Tags:
Mining, Minerals, Sundargarh (D), Orissa (Odisha), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Management, Air Pollution, Environment, Noise Pollution, Wildlife, Surface Water, Groundwater Recharge, Forests, Waste Management, Occupational Safety
Energy

Selection of developer for Bhedabahal UMPP by Jan 2014

Odisha Integrated Power Ltd will conduct bidding process for selecting developer for first 4,000 MW

The Union power ministry has decided to complete the process of bidding and award of projects for the Bhedabahal (Odisha) and Cheyyur (Tamil Nadu) ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) by January next year.

Publication Date: 
08/10/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Cheyyur Ultra Mega Power Project (Cheyyur UMPP), Tamil Nadu, Ministry of Power, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), Land Acquisition, Sundargarh (D), Energy

Public hearing successful for Essel Mining's projects

Conducted by State Pollution Control Board, hearing saw the participation of more than 1,000 villagers

The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) conducted the public hearing at Koira (Sundargarh) for capacity ramp up of Koira iron ore mines to four million tonne per annum (mtpa) from 1.5 mtpa presently and also for establishment of a 1.2 mtpa pellet plant at Nuagaon by Aditya Birla Group owned Essel Mining & Industries Ltd (EMIL).

Publication Date: 
27/09/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Sundargarh (D), Mining, Public Hearing, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Mineral-Based Industry
Forests

Implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in Odisha

Analysing the problem-ridden process of implementing the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Odisha, this paper points out that it has focused more on providing land rights to individual claimants, neglecting community forest rights, the rights in protected areas, and other such provisions. Even so, the number of titles granted to tribal households is small compared to their total number in the state. Effective and comprehensive implementation of the FRA will have a significant impact on the livelihood of forest dwellers and the conservation of forests.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2013
Kailas Sarap, Tapas Kumar Sarangi, Jogindra Naik
Economic and Political Weekly
48
36
61-67
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, Orissa (Odisha), Tribals, Displacement, Rehabilitation, Village Level Planning, Panchayats, Gram Sabhas, Protected Area Conservation, Sundargarh (D), Deoghar (D), Sambalpur (D), Nuapada (D), Minor Forest Produce, Forest Resources, Bamboo, Tendu, Forest Products, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Forest Policy
Environment

Odisha files cases against 110 miners for EP Act violation

Apart from that firms in dock are Tata Steel, Essel Mining, MCL, OMC

At a time when the mine owners in Odisha are already burdened with a hefty penalty of Rs 65,000 crore imposed by the mines department for excess ore extraction, there is no let up from the environment department as well.

Publication Date: 
06/09/2013
Jayajit Dash
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Keonjhar (D), Sundargarh (D), Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Environment Act 1986, Jharsuguda (D), Tata Iron and Steel (TISCO), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Energy

Proposed thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh opposed

The protest of people of 19 villages under Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda district against proposed 4000-mw super thermal power plant by NTPC and JSW in Chhattisgarh border continued on Monday.

Publication Date: 
27/08/2013
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Jharsuguda (D), Thermal Power Plants, Energy, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Orissa (Odisha), Chhattisgarh, Land Acquisition, Raigarh (D), Sundargarh (D)
Dams/ Irrigation

Hirakud displaced demand succour

BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family.

Publication Date: 
26/08/2013
Times Of India (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Hirakund, Dams, Compensation, Displacement, Reservoirs, Jharsuguda (D), Bargarh (D), Sambalpur (D), Sundargarh (D), Subarnapur (D)
Mining

Odisha coal dump crash toll rises to 14

Four more bodies were today extricated from under a coal dump which crashed at an open cast mine of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd in Odisha’s Sundargarh district yesterday, taking the toll to 14, tho

Publication Date: 
12/08/2013
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Sundargarh (D), Mahanadi Coalfields, Mining, Coal, Mining Accident, Occupational Accidents, Occupational Safety

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