Jairam Ramesh Asks Orissa To Give More Info On Posco

He wants comments from the state government on a representation by the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti that the state government's assurance would be false and that the provisions of the Forest Rights Act have not been implemented at the site.

The minister, in his January 31 order allowing Posco's steel plant in Jagatsinghpur, had said the final nod would depend on an assurance from the state government that FRA provisions have been implemented.

In Posco's case, the provision that needs to be met is that the rights of locals be notified before diversion of forestland for the plant. Read the full report here.

Source: Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi.