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POSCO: No land acquisition today, but agitation continues
Land acquisition by the Orissa government for POSCO's Rs 52,000 crore steel project in Jagatsinghpur district could not be resumed for the second day today due to heavy rains even as social activists and leaders rushed to the area to support the anti-displacement brigade."Like yesterday, heavy rains prevented acquisition of land today also. Our tea...
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Forest clearance no license for acquisition: Jairam Ramesh to Orissa govt
Amid protests by locals against land acquisition for POSCO's steel plant in Orissa's Govindpur village, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asked the state government not to use environmental clearance for the project as a "licence for forcible acquisition of land".A statement issued by the minister on Sunday read: 'I have often said that ...
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Anti-Posco agitation: Police fire tear gas shells
Police on Saturday fired tear gas shells to disperse anti-Posco protestors blocking the road in Orissa. Protesters retaliate by pelting stones and crude bombs on police. However, the state administration is determined to clear road blocks today.Earlier, CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai were arrested while trying to enter the proposed steel plan...
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POSCO: No land acquisition today, but agitation continues
Land acquisition by the Orissa government for POSCO's Rs 52,000 crore steel project in Jagatsinghpur district could not be resumed for the second day today due to heavy rains even as social activists and leaders rushed to the area to support the anti-displacement brigade."Like yesterday, heavy rains prevented acquisition of land today also. Our tea...
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Forest clearance no license for acquisition: Jairam Ramesh to Orissa govt
Amid protests by locals against land acquisition for POSCO's steel plant in Orissa's Govindpur village, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday asked the state government not to use environmental clearance for the project as a "licence for forcible acquisition of land".A statement issued by the minister on Sunday read: 'I have often said that ...
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Anti-Posco agitation: Police fire tear gas shells
Police on Saturday fired tear gas shells to disperse anti-Posco protestors blocking the road in Orissa. Protesters retaliate by pelting stones and crude bombs on police. However, the state administration is determined to clear road blocks today.Earlier, CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai were arrested while trying to enter the proposed steel plan...
