Tag: Posco Project

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Tribal inhabitants of Laxmipur block in Koraput district have launched an agitation against the mining of bauxite from the Kodingamali hill in the area. Organised under the banner of Kodingamali Suraksha Manch (KSM) they blocked the road leading to the mines the other day and submitted a memorandum to the district […]

Bhubaneswar: Resentment is now spreading among locals ahead of the public hearing for JSW’s proposed project in Paradip. The proposed steel plant will come up on the land earlier allocated to South Korean steel major Posco. The company plans to set up a 13.2 MTPA steel plant, a 10 MTPA cement grinding unit and a […]

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Public hearing for environmental clearance for JSW Utkal Steel Ltd’s proposed steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district is reported to have passed off peacefully last week. A section of villagers from Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadakujanga, however, recalled the harassment they had faced when the state government was acquiring land in the area […]