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Indian Villagers Protest Deep-Sea Port [1]

Authorities in eastern India arrested at least 100 villagers and deployed a huge police force to quell a protest against a proposed deep-sea port, officials said on Monday. Villagers in Orissa state, fearing they will lose their land without adequate compensation, forced officials to suspend construction work late on Sunday in Dhamra, where India is planning to build one of its biggest ports. The proposed port on the eastern coast will handle 83 million tonnes of cargo per year, said Santosh Mohapatra, chief executive of Dhamra Port Company Ltd.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2008
Planet Ark (Australia) [2]
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Tata Iron and Steel (TISCO) [3], Ports [4], People [5], Larsen & Toubro (L & T) [6], India [7], Orissa (Odisha) [8], Bhubaneswar [9]
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