No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
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NAC favours gram sabha nod for private project
NEW DELHI: The National Advisory Council's recommendation that all private projects must secure consent from 70% of members of all affected gram sabhas before land acquisition is permitted promises to become the biggest headache for the industry if accepted. As of now, such provisions only exist for forest land under the Forest Rights Act and they too have been observed mostly in breach.
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Hearing on Posco land acquisition adjourned till June 3
Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking stay on the ongoing land acquisition for the Posco project near Paradip till June three and asked the petitioners to file a fresh affidavit. The court, which was scheduled to hear the case filed by some residents from villages at the proposed plant site in Jagatsinghpur district, asked the petitioners to file the
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Proposed National Steel Policy to get more teeth
The proposed National Steel Policy (NSP) that would replace the 2005 norms is expected to be more robust and focus on regulatory hurdles, taxation issues and infrastructure bottlenecks.
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Posco project: UAC agrees to cooperate
Jagatsinghpur: After a break of two days, the district administration on Monday resumed the land acquisition process for the Posco project and managed to demolish 18 betel vine patches at Nuagaon village in the project area. It handed Rs 37.50 lakh to the beneficiaries who handed over their betel vines to the district administration for land acquisition. The United Action Committee (UAC) mem
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Posco restarts land acquisition after 2-day hiccup
A day after hardening its stand, the United Action Committee on Monday appeared a little calm and allowed the Jagatsinghpur district administration to resume the land acquisition process for the `52,000-crore steel project.
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Pro-Posco forum: Don't give land
Orissa chief minister and the BJD president Naveen Patnaik's apparent
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Tribals fear losing land to Khandadhar mining
ROURKELA: The echo of land acquisition for Posco steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district reverberates in the tribal hinterland of Khandadhar, as the spectre of iron ore mining by the South Korean company haunts the primitive tribals near the waterfall. Disquiet prevailed in the villages in and around the bio-rich reserve, about 85 km from Rourkela, with the primitive Paudi Bhuiyan tribes apprehen
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Posco: Two-day break after disruption
PARADIP: A day after 32 members of the United Action Committee (UAC) were arrested, for trying to disrupt the acquisition process, a mass dharna was staged by UAC activists at Gadkujang on Friday opposing the drive. The villagers also blocked the road at Gadkujang to prevent the entry of revenue officials to continue land acquisition process. Though the road block was withdrawn after Kujang
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Posco land acquisition stalled for two days
Facing stiff resistance from villagers, the Jagatsinghpur administration late on Friday decided to stop the land acquisition process for the Posco steel project for the next two days. Additional District Magistrate S K Chowdhury said,
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Protest against grabbing of forest land
A number of Adivasis and forest dwellers from across the country staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here on Friday to demand an end to grabbing of forest land for the benefit of Central and State governments and private companies. Joined by leaders of the CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML) Liberation and Gondwana Ganatantrak Party, the protesters tried to march towards Parliament but were detained by the poli