POSCO villages resist land acquisition by Odisha government
Submitted by rummykhan on Mon, 2011-06-13 16:42
June 11 saw 2,000 residents of Dhinkia and Govindapur—including women and children—prostrating on the scorching 45ºC degree sand, as 800 policemen stood alert trying to enter the proposed POSCO sites to acquire forestland. The villagers were protesting the land acquisition for the POSCO plant which resumed on May 18, 2011, after a 10-month hiatus.
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http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/posco-villages-resist-land-acquisition-odisha-government
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Jun 13, 2011
Publication Date:
13/06/2011