The Orissa government on Monday paused land acquisition at the proposed steel plant of Posco in Dhinkia grampanchayat for next five days even as thousands of protesters dug their heels opposing the land acquisition.

Since Friday, thousands of anti-Posco protesters under the banner of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti have formed human chain at Gobindpur village under Dhinkia grampanchayat preventi