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Paan or POSCO? [1]

With a growing betel vine sector as well as thriving paddy cultivation and fishing, it is no wonder that villagers in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have resisted the state government’s forceful acquisition of land for the POSCO project. Political parties of all shades as well as the intelligentsia are increasingly coming together in support of the agitation. The future of the anti-POSCO movement looks bright, but will it put an end to POSCO’s plan?

Publication Date: 
25/06/2011
Banikanta Mishra [2], Birendra Kumar Nayak [3]
Economic and Political Weekly [4]
46
26-27
12-13
Tags:
POSCO [5], Jagatsinghpur (D) [6], Orissa (Odisha) [7], Land Acquisition [8], Conflicts [9], Agriculture [10], Forest Rights Act 2006 [11], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [12], Supreme Court [13], Politics [14], Public Participation [15]
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