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
POSCO
-
Posco project to take off soon
The $12 billion POSCO steel project in Jagatsinghpur district, Orissa is going to be operational soon, following revalidation of its environmental clearance. Read more about the controversial project that got final go-ahead from the environment ministry after eight years.
-
सियासी जंग की नई जमीन
पर्यावरण के लिए कॉरपोरेट प्रोजेक्ट्स को पर्यावरणीय मंजूरी के मुद्दे पर सियासत पर्यावरण के नाम पर कोई ज्यादती तो नहीं हुई...• वस, नई दिल्ली : पर्यावरण संस्था ग्रीनपीस ने केंद्रीय पर्यावरण मंत्री एम. वीरप्पा मोइली से तत्काल इस्तीफा देने को कहा है। संस्था ने कहा है कि मोइली ने पर्यावरण मंत्रालय का कामकाज संभालने के बाद जिस अंधाधुध तरीके से परियोजनाओं को मंजूरी दी है, वह पर्यावरण के हितों के खिलाफ है। को जरूरी मानता है।
-
Fishermen Seek Intervention of NGT over Posco Port Plan
Fishermen have sought intervention of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to stop setting up of the proposed Posco captive port near the Jatadhari river mouth. Apprehending that the port would have an
-
Green Nod for Posco, But It’s Still Red for N-Plant
MEA says site allotment for S Korea deferred due to pending projects South Korea’s first lady President Park Geun-hye has a lot to cheer about the environmental clearance to Posco’s Rs 52,000-crore steel plant project in Odisha after an eight-year delay, but she will be disappointed with Delhi’s decision to go slow on the bilateral nuclear pact and not allot any site for the reactor during her four-day visit to India beginning January 15.
-
Odisha Paves Way for Posco to Prospect in Khandadhar
Approvals come ahead of South Korean president Park Geun-hye’s visit to India Odisha chief minister Na veen Patnaik has cleared the way for Posco to prospect the Khandadhar region, which has an estimated iron-ore reserve of 200 million tonnes, days after the central government removed a major hurdle faced by the South Korean major.
-
70 projects worth 1.5L cr okayed after Natarajan’s exit from MoEF
Ex-environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan may have dismissed speculation that delays in green clearances for several highvalue projects led to her ouster, but environmental nods to over 70 projects worth
-
Idco asks Posco to deposit Rs 54 cr towards forest land
The Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Odisha (Idco), the land acquisition agency for the Posco's mega steel plant near Paradip in Odisha, has asked the chairman cum managing director
-
Posco Clearance may be Opposed
Activists may move NGT against revalidation by ministry It may not be a smooth ride yet for South Korea steel major Posco’s integrated steel plant project in Odisha. The project’s forest clearance, currently pending before the National Green Tribunal, may not be the last hurdle for the South Korean company. Opponents of the project are questioning the legality of the ministry’s decision to revalidate the environmental clearance as well.
-
Posco cleared, Vedanta loses bid for Niyamgiri project
Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's plan to mine Niyamgiri The Union Environment Ministry has taken a decision in two high profile cases, rejecting the forest clearance for Vedanta’s bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills of Odisha, and renewing the stand-alone environmental clearance for Posco’s eight million tonnes per annum steel plant.
-
Environment nod to lift cost of Posco's India plant to $12.6 billion
Company has been asked to spend on 'social commitments', raising project costs by $600 mn The environment ministry has given its go-ahead to Posco's planned steel plant in the country, but has asked it to spend on "social commitments", a company spokesman said, raising the project's cost by $600 million to $12.6 billion.