The Supreme Court has finally cleared South Korean steel major Posco's plans to set up a Rs 51,000 crore mega steel plant and captive minor port in Paradeep, Orissa.
A special environmental bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan allowed Posco India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Korea-based Posco, to go ahead with the project.
With this order, the apex court has also cleared forest diversion proposal for the plant site which require 1253.225 hectares of forest land.