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 …
PARADIP: Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and teargas shells to evict anti-Posco agitators, including women and children, from the entry point of the project site at Balitutha, leaving 30 people injured. The police ordered the 1,000-odd protesters, who are opposing land acquisition for the plant, to leave the area …
Prafulla Das BHUBANESWAR: About 100 people were injured when police fired rubber bullets and teargas shells, and lathi-charged hundreds of villagers in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa on Saturday afternoon to help the administration acquire land for the steel project of Posco-India. The police took action after the villagers did not …
Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets and teargas shells at Balitutha to evict protesters, mostly women and children, opposing the setting up of POSCO steel plant, leaving 30 people injured. The police had ordered the 1000odd protesters opposing land acquisition to leave but had to crack down when 50 crude …
The activists of the United Action Committee, a purportedly pro-Posco outfit active in the Posco steel project site near Paradip, have threatened to oppose the project if the district administration deploys police force in the
CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai was arrested today while trying to enter the proposed steel plant site of Posco-India ahead of a rally to protest the project, police said. "Tarai was arrested as a preventive measure to avoid any law and order problem as a large number of …
Villagers participate in the protest under the banner of PPSS Activists of PPSS have been staging dharna since January 26 CPI leader draws three lines at entry point as
South korean steel major posco has announced a rehabilitation package for people using the forestland diverted for its proposed steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa through Oriya newspapers. Activists led by the posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (ppss) made a bonfire of the printed copies of the rehabilitation package on …
Rajini says Endhiran in July Amarnath Parida PARADIP: Lakhs of rupees were spent on creating a containment area for bio-medical waste management at the district headquarter hospital in Jagatsinghpur in 2003. Under the Health System Development project, machineries like shredder, autoclave and incinerator were installed at the containment area for …
An organisation of villagers facing displacement for Posco steel project site near here today burnt copies of the rehabilitation package issued by the company.
This PPSS press release calls for support and action, as the deadline by Orissa government on filing for compensation ends on Feb 10, 2010. The threat of state and company sponsored violence looms large over hundreds of farmers sitting on an indefinite dharna at Balitutha in Jagatsinghpur district against Orissa …
In a surprise move, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has again reminded South Korean giant Pohang Steel Company (Posco) that it could proceed with the construction of its mega 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa
BHUBANESWAR: Activists opposing Posco's steel mill project in Orissa have intensified their stir and decided to go on an indefinite strike after Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik assured work on the South Korean giant's proposed $12 billion mega steel plant near Paradip would be stepped up. The Posco Pratirodha Sangram …
Anti-Posco activists today abducted four Posco officials engaged in the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities at Patana village under Dhinkia village panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district. Four Posco officials- Nihar Das Pattnaik, manager, CSR and three others- Arun Mohapatra, Debasish Swain and Prasant Rout had gone to Patana village to …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO A recent survey by South Korean company Posco in its proposed mega steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district has brought to fore some interesting facts on the socioeconomic conditions of the local people. The survey conducted in the villages of Nuagaon, Dhinkia, Govindpur, Noliasahi, Bayanalakanda and …
South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Company (Posco) has received the much-awaited Stage II forest diversion clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for its Rs 54,000-crore, 12-million tonne integrated steel project in Orissa. In a communication earlier this week, the Ministry permitted diversion of 1,253.225 hectares of …
PARADIP: Rampant poaching of migratory birds in coastal villages of Jagatsinghpur district has caused serious concern among environmentalists and ornithologists. As New Year draws closer, people are flocking to picnic spots and seen killing the feathered guests and feasting on them in Balikuda, Erasama, Kujang and Paradip areas. Sources said, …
PARADIP: Thousands of students of Jagatsinghpur district are going without eggs under the mid-day meal (MDM) scheme for more than a month as the administration dithered on finalising the supplier. The objective of the MDM was to check the dropout rate and egg is a big incentive to draw students …
PARADIP: Panic gripped Mathasahi Seva Ashram School in Gadharishpur village under Ersama police limits after eight students, suffering from suspected swine flu, were shifted from district headquarters hospital to SCB Medical, Cuttack, for treatment today. Sources said the Seva Ashram School is managed by district welfare department. More than 200 …
BHUBANESWAR: Continuing to face stiff opposition at its project site in Jagatsinghpur, Posco-India has announced formation of POSCO Foundation for successful implementation of its social welfare programmes. The announcement comes as per the discussions of CEO, Psoco Joon-Yang Chang with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during the former
