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#India – Locked land of Posco #odisha

    Priya Ranjan Sahu, Hindustan Times  Gobindpur, Odisha, June 23, 2013           It’s been an eight-year-long uneven battle between betel vines and a steel plant. And steel hasn’t won yet. For, eight villages in coastal Odisha’s… Continue Reading →

#India – Vedanta to revive lanjigarh by import from Indonesia, Tanzania, and Australia

Jayajit Dash  |  Bhubaneswar  June 19, 2013 ,BS   Imports to revive Vedanta‘s Lanjigarh refinery  After exhausting its options to source bauxite from the domestic market, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) is mulling importing the raw material to resume operations at its Lanjigarh refinery. The one-million… Continue Reading →

Odisha Government diluting apex court order: petitioner #Niyamgiri #Vedanta

BHUBANESWAR, June 11, 2013 Staff Reporter, The Hindu  St ate government continues to face widespread criticism over selection 12 villages for conducting of gram sabhas that would decide fate of bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hill. Prafulla Samantra, an original petitioner of… Continue Reading →

#India- Report demands full compensation for victims of Kandhamal riots

Special Correspondent, The Hindu  The report was released by Miloon Kothari, former UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing A report titled ‘Unjust Compensation’ prepared by Housing and Land Rights Network highlighting property losses of private individuals during the Kandhamal riots,… Continue Reading →

#India – Villagers speak- The Maoists Support Us, But We Haven’t Joined Them’

In Odisha’s Koraput district, hardly a week passes without the police announcing the “surrender” of Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangha (CMAS) members. But what crimes did the Adivasis commit for which they had to surrender? That’s a question even the Koraput… Continue Reading →

ATTN DELHI- Protest Against Continued State Repression onAnti-POSCO People’s Movement @May 24

Protest Against Continued State Repression onAnti-POSCO People’s Movement Odisha Bhawan, 1 Niti Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi   11 am, 24th May (Friday), 2013   In the continuum of brutal attacks on the struggle against forcible land acquisition for a POSCO steel plant in Odisha, the… Continue Reading →

Odisha to seek six more weeks to conduct Niyamgiri Gram Sabhas

BS Reporter  |  Bhubaneswar  May 17, 2013 In its April 18 order, SC had directed the Odisha govt to conduct Gram Sabhas at Niyamgiri within three months to seek the mandate of the locals             The… Continue Reading →

Anti-Posco leader Abhay Sahu arrested

By PTI | 11 May, 2013,    READ MORE ON » tamil nadu | PPSS | POSCO | Patana village | explosion | Abhay Sahu BHUBANESHWAR: Anti-Posco leader Abhay Sahu was arrested today in connection with several cases including a bomb blast in the proposed steel project site in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, the police… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE – Fact Finding Report- Scrap Posco Project

We are surprised to see the Supreme Court judgment on mining lease allotment to controversial POSCO Company which has made our lives miserable. At least after the welcome judgment on Niyamgiri where the Gram Sabhas have been given the authority… Continue Reading →

Posco project: Odisha to complete acquisition of 700 acres in a week

Business Standard Jayajit Dash  |  Bhubaneswar  May 9, 2013 Last Updated at 17:53 IST The state government has already acquired 2,000 acres of land for the Posco project Moving ahead in its land acquisition spree for the Posco project, the Jagatsinghpur district… Continue Reading →

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