The Orissa govern ment on Sunday claimed that it has convinced anti-Posco groups to agree to a social-economic survey of the site for Posco India's 12-million tonne steel project in Jagatsinghpurdistrict.
Anti-Posco groups, however, still held that the demand to shift the project to another site was` non-negotiable'.
Tension prevailed at the Posco project site on Thursday as a team of armed police officials entered Gobindpur village under the Dhinkia gram panchayat to arrest Abhaya Sahoo, the president of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS).
Tension prevailed on Tuesday at the proposed Posco project site near port town Paradip as eight platoons of armed police conducted flag march apparently to create a fear psychosis among the local people ahead of the survey work at Dhinkia and Nuagoan panchayats.
In a setback to the five-year long anti-Posco agitation, about 50 people of a village, hitherto known for their opposition, today supported the mega steel plant project and asked the authorities to take up survey work in their area, officials said.
BHUBANESWAR: A day after the police lathicharged hundreds of villagers opposing establishment of the proposed steel plant of Posco India Private Limited in the Jagatsinghpur district for the second time in less than a month, a group of social activists on Thursday approached the State Human Rights Commission and sought its intervention in the matter.
BHUBANESWAR: At least two persons were injured when the police resorted to lathi charge villagers opposing the establishment of a mega steel plant by Posco India Private Limited in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday.
The police also arrested two persons on the charges of obstructing government officials from discharging their duties.
PARADIP: A large number of villagers in Erasama and Balikuda have been affected by diarrhoea after consuming contaminated water. Worse, there are no proper medical facilities in the areas to cater to all the affected villagers.
The socio-economic survey for the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project at Nuagaon panchayat, within the project site in Jagatsinghpur district, was hit today due to the protests of the local villagers. These agitating locals were backed by Congress leader and former legislator Umesh Swain.
MUMBAI: A six-member fact finding team, headed by Justice (retd) Hosbert Suresh of the Bombay High Court, Monday demanded the immediate withdrawal of the proposed POSCO project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district.
The much-awaited discussion between Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti, the organization spearheading anti-Posco agitation and Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Central Range, of the Orissa government to resolve the tangle surrounding the South Korean company
