India’s Tata Steel says it will go ahead with a Rs24.6B(US$610M) joint venture with Larsen & Toubro (L&T) to build an all-weather bulk port at Dhamra in eastern Orissa state.
Tata Steel spokesman Yogesh Joshi said preliminary work is continuing and the company has no intention of abandoning the project despite pressure from environmental lobby group Greenpeace, which described the project as a “killing field” for rare Olive Ridley turtles and other marine life....
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