MOEF sets up panel to probe charges against Posco

Meena Gupta who is the chair of the committee was environment secretary when the environment clearance for the Steel plant was granted in July 2007 (July 2007 is what the POSCO’s website mentions). So would be sitting in review of some aspects of the project which were granted environment clearance during her tenure. Economic Times NEW DELHI: In further trouble for South Korean... Read More

Orissa halts Posco land acquisition

PTI: Orissa government today halted the land acquisition process overnight for Posco’s Rs51,000 crore mega steel project near here after facing stiff opposition from villagers. “The land acquisition and verification work, which began yesterday, was halted today due to opposition from people. We will start it soon after holding talks with villagers,” Jagatsinghpur... Read More

Land Grab For POSCO Project Begins

Today the Orissa government initiated “acquisition” of land in the proposed POSCO project area of Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa. The project is in complete violation of the law and this “acquisition” is part of an illegal land grab. We reiterate the following: 1. 3000 of 4000 acres in the POSCO area are forest land. 2. The people of the three affected gram... Read More

Land acquisition by govt. for Posco illegal, says Central team

Villagers at the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti rally at Balitutha village in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa on May 19, 2010. Photo: Prafulla Das PTI The Orissa government on Tuesday began land acquisition for the proposed Rs. 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as a Central team termed the process as “illegal” saying that the Forest Rights Act... Read More

URGENT: Police gears up for yet another onslaught despite FRA Committee in proposed POSCO site

Surya Sahankar Dash News is coming in that several platoons of police are assembling at Gada Kujang police station to start a ‘Rapid Action’ for Re-survey of the proposed project area, on the spot compensation and demolition of villages and betel-vine plantations. This is just a day after the FRA Committee visited the area and concluded that FRA was being violated, that... Read More

Central team to visit Posco area

17 July 2010 BHUBANESWAR, 17 JULY: Even as the Orissa government claimed that there was no tribal family in the proposed plant site villages of Posco near Paradip, a Central team headed by Mr NC Saxena was scheduled to visit the area on 23 and 24 July to ascertain the facts, official sources said today. The Central team’s visit to the proposed plant site assumed significance... Read More

Orissa HC rejects government’s recommendation on Khandadhar mines to Posco

The Hindu Correspondent CUTTACK: In a setback to the Rs.51,000-crore Posco steel plant planned at Paradeep, the Orissa High Court on Wednesday set aside the State government’s recommendation for granting the South Korean steel major a licence for prospecting in the Khandadhar iron ore mines in Sundargarh district. Allowing a writ petition filed by Geomin Minerals and Marketing... Read More

Anti-Posco agitators reject compensation package

Anti-Posco agitators reject compensation package Deccan Herald Paradip (Orissa), Jul 11 (PTI) Anti-Posco agitators on Sunday burnt copies of the new rehabilitation package issued by the company and accused Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of backtracking from his “promise” to visit the site for taking stock of the situation. Terming the package as meaningless, leaders of... Read More

“Do not renew MoU with POSCO”, urges New Petition.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For More Information Contact: Sirisha Naidu <sirishacnaidu@gmail.com> or Ravi <ra.ravishankar@gmail.com> June 27, 2010: The Mining Zone People Solidarity Group (MZPSG) strongly condemns the stated intent of the Orissa government to renew its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian subsidiary of the Pohang Iron and Steel Company (POSCO)... Read More

“Do Not Renew the POSCO MoU” Petition

The POSCO- Orissa govt MoU is set to expire today, exactly five years after it was first signed.  This MoU, which basically restricts the government’s role to that of a mere “facilitator” for the project and an agency for land acquisition, is highly unethical and should not have been signed in the first place.  Five years later, having witnessing the state’s... Read More