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Mumbai:
The centre given environmental clearance to the captive
minor port, part of South Korean steel major Posco''s Rs52,000-crore
project near Paradip port. The port is to be located at
Jatadhari mouth in Jagatsinghpur district.
The
clearance has been issued by the union ministry of environment
and forest for construction of the port, which has been
facing opposition from various quarters on environmental
ground.
Soung-Sik
Cho, chairman-cum-managing director, Posco-India Ltd,
had recently said that the company would require the port
as it was a "basic need" for the 12-MTPA project
along with captive mines.
"These
(port and mine) are basic needs without which you cannot
survive in global business," he had said.
Opposition
political parties and environment groups had objected
to Posco-India''s plan to have a captive port at the mouth
of the Jatadhari creek, about 12km south of Paradip port,
saying it might harm the existing major port nearby.
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