Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The fact-finding team set up by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) last month to probe allegations of violations of the Forest Rights Act by Posco, the Korean steel major, for its proposed project in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district, will visit the site on Friday and Saturday. The team …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Indicating a softening of stance with respect to South Korean steel major Posco’s proposed Rs 52,000-crore project again in Orissa, Environment and Forests minister Jairam Ramesh today said that there was no violation of tribal rights in its project area and that it was “a project of strategic …
ORISSA chief minister Naveen Patnaik has said that he has received assurances from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and environment minister Jairam Ramesh on speedy clearance for Posco
A panel appointed by the environment ministry to look into the concerns with regard to the Rs 51,000-crore, 12-MTPA steel plant project proposed by the South Korea steel major Posco in Orissa
NEW DELHI: The Union Steel Minister, Virbhadra Singh on Wednesday said his Ministry could step in to seek a speedy clearance for the controversial Rs. 54,000-crore Posco steel project in Orissa from the Environment and Forest Ministry.Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the Assocham steel summit here, Mr. Singh …
New Delhi /Bhubaneswar, Aug. 6: The Union minister of environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has stepped into a minefield by asking the Orissa government to stop all work related to the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project in Orissa. He has come into direct confrontation with the Orissa Chief Minister, Mr Naveen Patnaik, …
The Ministry of Environment today asked the Orissa government to stop all work related to the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel project, following the recommendation of an expert committee to revoke the clearance given to the South Korean steel major in December 2009. Jairam Ramesh
PARADIP: Incesant rains in the last three days has come as a welcome change for the farmers, in Jagatsinghpur district, hard pressed for seeds, fetilisers and burdened by rental hike of power tiller and tractor. To achieve the target set by the Agriculture Department for cultivation of 86,992 hectares, transplanting …
Bhubaneswar: In a new twist to the ongoing controversy over the Posco steel project in Orissa, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday came out strongly in open against the environment and forest ministry
Citing alleged violation of the Forest Rights Act and recommendations of a committee it appointed, the Environment Ministry has directed the Orissa government to stop all work related to the showpiece POSCO iron and steel project in Jagatsinhpur district of the state with immediate effect.Within hours of receiving the order …
Stop work order in POSCO dated 04th August 2010 with regard to diversion of 1253.225 ha of forest land for establishment of Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port by POSCO-India Pvt. Ltd., Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa.
Three members of the MoEF/MoTA Committee (Arupjyoti Saikia, Ravi Rebbapragada and Ashish Kothari) went to Jagatsinghpur as part of the MoEF/MoTA FRA Committee
The Orissa government today halted the land acquisition process for the proposed Rs 51,000-crore steel plant near here, to be developed by Korean company Posco, after facing stiff opposition from villagers.
Nistula Hebbar New Delhi: The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has categorically stated settlement of claims under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 has to take place before any process of land acquisition can be initiated in Jagastsinghpura district of Orissa
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the State government began land acquisition for Posco project in Jagatsinghpur district, activists here threatened to take law into their hands saying it would be tit for tat as the administration did not care to respect rule of the land. Addressing a press conference here on …
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday constituted a four-member committee to ascertain the status of implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and other rehabilitation measures taken before granting final approval for diversion of forest land for the establishment of the Integrated …
