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II. Location of the Project. 3.The location of the integrated steel plant would be on the northwestern bank of the Jatadharmohan river (or the mouth of the river Jatadhar) located 12 km south of the Paradeep Port in Jagatsinghpur district, Orissa. The project lies in the jurisdiction of Kujang Tahsil ,Jagatsinghpur district within 20 degrees 11’ to 20 degrees 13’ north latitude and 80 degrees 30’ to 86 degrees 35’ east latitude. The proposed project requires a total of 1620.496 hectares of land of which 1253 .225 hectares is forest land and non-forest land is 367.271 hectares. (Site inspection report dated 24-7-2007, MOEF, Eastern Regional office,Bhubaneswar- Annexure A2). The proposed project area would affect 8 villages of three Gram Panchayats of Ersama block, Kujang Tahsil, Jagitsinghpur district. It is stated as per official statistics that 471 families would be displaced by the project. The three Gram Panchayats involved are those of Dhinkia and Govindpur villages in Dhinkia GP , Noliasahi ,Bhuyanpal ,Polanga and Bayanalakanda in Gadkujang GP, and Nuagaon and Jatadhar villages ( the latter is uninhabited ) in Nuagaon GP. It is stated as per official statistics that 471 families would be displaced by the project. Two out of eight villages namely Noliasahi and Polang fall fully within the project site and would need to be resettled and rehabilitated in other areas. 4. The location of the proposed captive minor port “Jatadhar Port” is approximately 20 degrees 11.85’ – 20 degrees 12.94’ N and 86 degrees 32.66’- 86 degrees 34.84’ E and is 12 km south of the Paradeep Port. The port is adjacent to the steel plant. III. Mining site for sourcing raw materials for the proposed Steel Plant 5. The captive mining site for extraction of iron ore (600 million tonnes) to meet POSCO’s annual requirement of 12 million tonnes annually has been selected in Bonei subdivision of Sundargarh and Keonjhar districts of Orissa. This area is a Scheduled V area located in Reserve forests where PTG tribals reside. Orissa government has recommended the grant of prospecting license to POSCO for mining this area. However, Geomin minerals one of 290 parties who had applied for lease of this mine approached the High Court of Orissa against the allotment of the mine to POSCO instead of to them. The High Court in a decision given in July 2010, said that the relative merits in deciding in favour of POSCO India were insufficient and asked the Orissa
government to hear all the applications for mines once again and take a decision within 4 months another.( annexure A4-WP ( C ) 23/2009). IV. No progress of project at ground level on account of local opposition. 6. Since the signing of the MOU between POSCO-India and the Government of Orissa on June 22, 2005 there has been very little progress of the project on the ground because of huge opposition to the project by a large segment of the residents of several villages but principally of Dhinkia and Govindpur of Dhinkia GP who would stand to lose the maximum forest land to be diverted to POSCO. The protests against the diversion of this forest land to POSCO were supported by people’s organizations; the largest of these is POSCO Pratirodhi Sangram Samathi (PPSS). The main form of protest adopted has been the peaceful blockade preventing the entry of Government officials and POSCO officials. The anti-POSCO movement continues to be strong to this day. ( Annexure A 5 ). 7. The people in these 8 villages of three Gram Panchayats of Dhinkia, Govindpur and Nuagaon have been cultivating this forest land with Betel vines as well Cashew and other tree species in addition to collecting minor food products, bamboo and fuel wood from this area from the time of their forefathers right from the Bardhaman Estate period . They are however considered as illegal “encroachers” by the government as their rights have not been settled for the area they have been cultivating which were declared as forest land, mostly protected forests, in 1960s. 8. The peaceful protests of the people of these three GPs continued without any conciliation between the state government and the project affected communities. A single combined public hearing was held on April 15th, 2007 based on two separate REIA reports of POSCO steel plant (Aug, 2006) and captive minor port. Based on the REIA (Rapid Environment Impact Assessment) reports and minutes of public hearing, the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) set up by MOEF recommended clearance for the Port and the MOEF, Government of India gave environment clearance for the captive port on May 15, 2007 to POSCO ( Annexure A-5). The REIA for steel plant (4 MTPA) and captive power plant (4x100 MW) was appraised by the EAC (Industry) and sent to the MOEF with recommendation for clearance. The MOEF gave environment
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esolutions in the registers but onl
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53. In light of the above, the Comm
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(4) District Welfare Officer (5) Th
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68. It is not clear if the resoluti
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anywhere in the State after June 20
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- Both points have certified by the
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3) Finally, the certification of co
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98. The Committee finds that, even
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112. The Orissa government's takeov
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extent to which the Orissa R & R Po
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(wherever applicable) in the Commit
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18. Approximately 32 villages, most
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Majority Report of the POSCO Enquir
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the minor port. It is against this
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12. The tests for evaluating adequa
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Paradeep port area in a region desc
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26. The proposed project is to set
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33. The Schedule to the 2006 Notifi
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August 2006 (Annexure E - 3 ) as pe
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een annexed to the main text.” On
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54.The committee members are of the
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fragile coastal area which has repe
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Board should stipulate appropriate
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67. In the Letter No. WP-IWS-135/07
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ii) Coastal Regulation Zone map ind
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78. As far as the impact on the Pra
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from the site. Since mangrove veget
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potential hazardous units in this r
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photographs and voucher would be pr
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a) The project is highly significan
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have not been followed through by t
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dispensed with in the peculiar fact
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conduct of public hearings is elabo
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n Impact Identificatio n Mitigation
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hazards and affect their livelihood
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ecause of other industries in the a
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2 Dredging would affect Atharbanki
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6 Dredging of sand dumping it in th
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were accepted or negatived. Failure
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118. As per the Interim Operational
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Director, Department of Disinvestme
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Officials has committed any mistake
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For these amongst other reasons, th
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Introduction Section 6 Compliance o
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Some activities are permissible wit
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provided by POSCO-India Pvt Ltd and
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5th December, 1989; except transfer
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Location of slag yard in CRZ area p
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that any of these issues were discu
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In view of the above observations t
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Conclusions and Recommendations Par
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9. Though the MoEF is not the nodal
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concerned authorities to such poten
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As this report has demonstrated, wh
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A. Preparation of EIA. 1. EIA shoul
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e available to members of public el
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REFERENCES / ANNEXURES Annexure No.
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2010 Report. A-26 July 27 th , U.N.
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FRA and compliance. C-7 July, 2004
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Ghauj Jungle, Plot Nos. 1293 & 1294
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Members in Bhubaneshwar E - 18 4.10
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Annexure - H : CRZ serious concerns
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Finance Minister, GoO. Note : The c
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