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Debabrata Mohanty : Kunakadu, Thu Jul 25 2013,IE Rainclouds hung over Niyamgiri hills, but the cloud of uncertainty over Vedanta Alumina’s 1 million tonne per annum alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh, Kalahandi, deepened further after the fourth pallisabha on… Continue Reading →
TNN | Jul 20, 2013, 11.47 AM IST KENDRAPADA: Villagers of Gobindpur in Dhinkia gram panchayat stalled trench digging work and damaged an excavator machine of a private company at the Posco site on Friday. They also attacked some staff of Utkal Manufacturing & Services Ltd… Continue Reading →
BERHAMPUR: Arati Majhi was released from circle jail on 17th July y. The district and sessions court, Paralakhemundi, acquitted Arati and Shyama Majhi, one of her associates, in all seven cases of Maoist violence for lack of evidence.”The court had… Continue Reading →
Cancellation of Two Steel Projects by POSCO and Arcelor Mittal has Lessons for Other Projects 5th In-principle Extension of SEZ Status to POSCO Odisha Plant in Seven Years is Illegal Stop Police Terror in Gobindpur Now … Continue Reading →
Jayajit Dash | Serkapadi (Rayagada) July 18, 2013 , BS Locals at Palli sabha feverishly pitched for safeguarding rights of the Kondhs It’s a resounding no from the Dongaria Kondhs of this hilly village to the bauxite mining project proposed on top of Niyamgiri hills, a natural treasure… Continue Reading →
Press Release Odisha Government in Violation of Supreme Court Judgement Starts Process of Gram Sabha in Serakpadi Village in Niyamgiri Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti Declares Holding of Gram Sabhas in more than 100 Villages in the Vicinity as per Supreme Court Order … Continue Reading →
Steelmaker Cites Difficulties in Getting Land for the $5.3 Billion Plant By, SAURABH CHATURVEDI NEW DELHI—Posco 005490.SE +0.80% of South Korea has pulled out of an initial agreement to build a $5.3 billion steel plant in India‘s Karnataka state, two people with knowledge… Continue Reading →
As the date for gram sabha meetings to decide the fate of mining in Niyamgiri hills nears, activists and Dongria Kondhs allege Odisha government conspiring to ensure no claim of religious rights is made over the proposed bauxite mining area… Continue Reading →
15 July 2013, Amnesty International Authorities in the Indian state of Odisha (previously Orissa) are excluding Adivasi (indigenous) communities from the process to decide the future of a proposed mining project that could have disastrous effects on their livelihood… Continue Reading →
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 →