few points on Kalinga Nagar controversy
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Kalinganagar is a planned industrial and modern town in Jajpur district of coastal Odisha, India. It is rich in iron ore. Because of high global demand for steel, Kalinganagar is becoming a major global hub in steel, power and ancillary products. A large number of steel plants including projects by Jindal Steel and Tata Steel are in various stages of implementation.
Kalinga Nagar
Town and municipality
Kalinga Nagar is located in OdishaKalinga NagarKalinga Nagar
Location in Odisha, India
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Coordinates: 20°56′45″N 86°7′45″E
Country
India
State
Odisha
District
Jajpur
Languages
• Official
Odia
• Major local language
Ho
Time zone
UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration
OD
Website
www.kndajprd.nic.in
The city has been a main contributor to Odisha's economy, human resource and fast growing urbanization and industrialization. In ancient times, Jajapur was the capital of Great Kalinga Kingdom.
Kalinganagar is a major industrial center of Odisha. It houses companies like Tata Steel, NINL, Jindal, VISA, MESCO and many more.
The government of India has given final approval to develop the Kalinganagar complex as a National Investment Manufacturing Zone under the National Manufacturing Policy. The major proposal at Kalinganagar NIMZ are Steel & Aluminium Downstream Park, New Industrial Township, Central Business District with office, Commercial and recreational activities, Common Tool Rooms, Technical Training Institutions and Support internal infrastructure.[1]
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Tata Steel is owner of the Kalinganagar steel plant site in Orissa where twelve tribal persons were shot dead by police in January (another two have since died). And Tata is still falsely accusing "outsiders" of "taking advantage" of a desperate situation which was at least partly of the company's own making.
Now Posco, the world's third biggest steel producer - also greedy for India's cheap iron ore and even cheaper labour - has followed Tata's lead in making promises its not likely to keep.
Earlier this month allegations leaked out of Chhattisgarh state that the ash pond at NTPC's Korba thermal power plant had burst its bounds, drowning thirty or more people. We're still trying to get confirmation of this. Meanwhile, NTPC has cut back on its own captive coal mine plans.
India has been scouting the US looking for partners in the establishment of seven "ultra mega" (sic) coal-fired power plants. According to SiliconIndia (which describes itself as the "Business and Technology portal for the global Indian") GE (General Electric) and Caterpillar have expressed interest.