KGS Aranmula International Airport, which is building a Rs 2,000-crore green field airport at Pathanamthitta in Kerala, may restart construction work on the project following the verdict of the National Green Tribunal, Chennai. The tribunal dismissed a petition challenging various decisions related to the project. The decision includes indu
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Ahluwalia bats for govt penalty if approval delayed
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia proposed that the government must pay penalty in case of delay in granting statutory clearances to infrastructure projects. This will create an incentive not to delay clearance, he said while addressing a Ficci conference. Several infrastructure projects in the country are delayed because of lack of statutory clearances like envir
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Panel revokes green nod for Posco project
South Korean steel major Posco will have to take environmental clearance again for at least some part of its proposed Rs 54,000-crore integrated steel plant in Odisha as the statutory environment panel revoked the existing clearance. The company has been asked by the expert appraisal committee on industry to furnish detailed infor
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Govt admits slow progress in road building due to its own hurdles
Delays in environment and forest clearance and land acquisition have contributed a lot in causing slackened progress in road building. The Parliament was informed on April 25. The progress of construction of National Highways has been slow due to several problems such as land acquisition, shifting of utilities, environmental and forest clearance, as well as manpower and economic slowdown, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Tushar A Chaudhary said in the Rajya Sabha.
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District officials acquire land for Rs 520 bn steel project
Local government official sources informed that the process of land acquisition for the proposed Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district was continuing peacefully. The district authorities are acquiring land from betel farmers and demolition of betel vines has reportedly reach
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Ministry panel for cancelling part of Adani’s SEZ project
A committee under the union environment ministry recommended the ministry to cancel the clearance for the northern part of Adani Group's Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone. The committee, headed by Sunita Narain, director-general of Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment, alleged Adani Group with violating green norm
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Posco set to get land for steel project
According to a status paper prepared by the Odisha government, the Indian arm of South Korean steel maker Posco is set to get 1,554 acre land for its proposes steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district. The Indian arm of the South Korean firm plans to set up a 12-mn tpa greenfield steel facility near Paradip at an in
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Panel to submit report on Sterlite plant by April end
The four-member committee, appointed by the National Green Tribunal to study the functioning of the copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin, would submit its report on April 29. The panel will consist of two members from the Tribunal and one each from Sterlite Industries and Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB
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Posco wants govt to revalidate green nod
Media reports indicate that the Korean steel major Posco wants the Indian government to revalidate the environment clearance for the Rs 52,000-crore steel project in Odisha. Although the project was given clearance in 2005-06, that was put on hold subsequently. Following this, the green tribunal visited the site and sent its report to the e
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Posco wants govt to revalidate green nod
Media reports indicate that the Korean steel major Posco wants the Indian government to revalidate the environment clearance for the Rs 52,000-crore steel project in Odisha. Although the project was given clearance in 2005-06, that was put on hold subsequently. Following this, the green tribunal visited the site and sent its report to the e