• 16 July, 2011

Land is more than just that

My article last fortnight about people’s fight against POSCO has brought me interesting responses. They call for clarifications and further discussion. The question is about the value of current livelihoods of the people of coastal Odisha. Is earning from betel nut farming being exaggerated to reinforce the romantic and misinformed view that people are fighting projects because they are better off today? The equally valid question, then, is: why are the people so apparently poor if they are earning Rs 10-17 lakh per hectare (ha) each year as I had said?

• 21 January, 2011

Greenspeak

POSCO’s port halt By: Sugandh Juneja South Korean company’s steel plant and port may impact coast, says expert panel The POSCO steel plant and port planned in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have run into fresh trouble. An expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests deferred its decision on clearing the port project, saying the South Korean steel giant did not furnish sufficient details.

• 20 October, 2010

CSE analyses: EIA report of POSCO's captive port, Jatadharmohan Creek, Paradip, Orissa

CSE does a technical evaluation of the marine environmental impact assessment report of a proposed captive minor port, to be built by POSCO India Pvt Ltd to support the company’s steel plant

• 18 October, 2010

Report of the Committee Constituted to Investigate into the proposal submitted by POSCO India Pvt. Limited

For establishment of an Integrated Steel Plant and Captive Port in Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa October 18, 2010