the three villages in Orissa that face displacement due to posco's plans to set up a steel plant and a captive port, were cordoned off by the police recently. The situation took a violent turn when "pro- posco' groups attacked "anti- posco ' groups on November 29.
The anti- posco agitators say the violence was perpetrated by outsiders "sponsored' by the state, giving a pretext to the police to take over. "Around 200-300 people attacked our camp. They threw six bombs, torched our tents and broke our bicycles,' said Prashant Paikrey of the Orissa Bachao Andolan, a protesting group. Paikrey added they were conducting a peaceful protest on November 23, when the police tried to stop them.
People of Nuagaon, Gandhakujanga and Dhinkia
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/anti-posco-group-attacked-police-cordon-villages
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-impact-assessment-eia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/iron-and-steel-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ports
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conflicts
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
