Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
THE Madras High Court has restrained the authorities concerned from preventing fishermen in Ennore and Pulicat areas from carrying on fishing activities during the on fishing activities during the launch of rockets. A division bench compris ing Justices Elipe Dharma Rao and K K Sashidharan granted the injunction while passing …
PARADIP: POSCO would start the steel plant construction work with the cooperation of villagers, underlined Dong Ho Oh, general manager (planning), Posco-India, yesterday. He was interacting with mediapersons before the finalisation of Posco package at RPDAC meeting. The rehabilitation package would change the minds of antagonists, he exuded confidence while …
PARADIP: To finalise the Posco compensation package, the district administration has called a meeting of Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) at Jagatsinghpur on July 8. A notification was issued to all members of RPDAC today asking them to participate, said District Rehabilitation Officer Surjeet Das. After submission of …
Bhubaneswar: The Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) of Jagatsinghpur district is meeting on Thursday to finalise the compensation package for the people going to be affected by Posco-India
Amitav Ranjan On a day when the UPA government and the Opposition battled over last month’s hike in petroleum prices, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar agreed to compensate farmers for the increase in diesel price with a direction to his officials to work out a proposal. Junior Petroleum Minister Jitin Prasada …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: The much-awaited compensation package for Posco is expected to be finalised by next week. The rehabilitation and peripheral development advisory committee (RPDAC), the statutory body to decide the compensation package, is meeting next week to take a decision on the package.
PARADIP: The district administration has decided to conduct Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) meeting next week to finalise the Posco compensation package. The decision comes after submission of Posco survey report to the State Government and Nodal Officer of Posco project today. Locals MP, MLAs, RDC (central), Posco …
The large number of deaths due to gas leakage from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in December 1984 was a tragedy of great magnitude. The initial tragedy was that the Union Carbide plant was allowed at all. The Union industry ministry found the technology obsolete, and it was a …
The Kerala cabinet has decided to establish a tribunal for awarding compensation to people affected by a production plant of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCCB) at Plachimada in Palakkad district. The cabinet has approved the report submitted by a high powered committee (HPC), headed by K Jayakumar, additional …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Coca-Cola company has opposed the State Cabinet decision to set up a special tribunal for realising compensation from the company, as a follow-up action to the recommendations of the high-powered committee. ``We disagree with the recommendations of the high-powered committee and the proposed follow-up action. The said committee, …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state Cabinet on Wednesday decided to set up a tribunal for realising the compensation from the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Company for the ecological damage caused at Plachimada. Announcing this here after the cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said that the cabinet approved the report submitted by K. …
The Kerala Cabi net on Wednesday decided to set up a tribunal to extract compensation worth Rs 216 crores from soft drink giant Coca Cola for the alleged environmental damage its bottling plant caused in Plachimada of Palakkad. The tribunal was set up on the recommendation made by a committee …
As per the decision of Ministry of Home Affairs, the Internal Audit Wing (IAW) conducted a specialaudit of projects for which land was acquired by the UT Chandigarh Administration.
Apedestrian injured by a motorist in the Californian city of Northbridge has filed a lawsuit claiming Google Inc supplied unsafe dir ections. Lauren Rosenberg filed the suit on May 28 seeking more than US $100,000 in the District Court in Utah. Rosenberg used her phone in January to download directions …
ON JUNE 7, a Bhopal city court held eight persons guilty in connection with the toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant more than 25 years ago that killed thousands and affected over 500,000 people. The court sentenced the guilty to two years in jail but the convicts, …
PARADIP: The difference between district administration and the activists of United Action Committee, a pro-Posco outfit, over disbursement of compensation has delayed the demolition of betel vines on government land in proposed Posco area. The district administration today held a meeting with UAC at Paradip to discuss Posco packages and …
Days after President Barack Obama lashed out at British Petroleum (BP) saying he would not let them ‘nickel and dime’ his people in the oil spill case, a sessions court in Bhopal did precisely that with the victims of the world’s worst industrial disaster. After 25 long years the court …
