POSCO Steel Plant Gets Environmental Clearance

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 2, February 2011

 

The ministry gave clearance for the steel plan with 28 additional conditions and for the POSCO port with 32 additional conditions as part of environment clearance. The ministry also sought assurance from the Orissa government for the compliance of the Forest Rights Act.


POSCO had signed a MoU on June 22, 2005 with Orissa government for setting up an integrated steel plant with the total capacity of 12 million tonnes per annum. Read the full report here.

 

Source: CNN-IBN, IBN Live, New Delhi.

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