Twelve platoons of armed police forces entered Gobindpur, part of the Posco steel project site near Paradip, early on Sunday morning and evicted people from dozens of betel gardens to acquire 700 acres of government land.
While some people, apparently fearing government backlash, parted with the government land under their “illegal” possession, a few others resisted and clashed with the security personnel.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/land-acquisition-posco-plant-restarts-orissa
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/akshaya-kumar-sahoo
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jagatsinghpur-d
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-acquisition
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/posco
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/iron-and-steel-industry-0
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
