MAJORITY OF POSCO ENQUIRY COMMITTEE CONFIRMS THAT POSCO PROJECT IS ILLEGAL

Today, three of the four members of the committee set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests confirmed that the POSCO project is illegal and that all of its clearances were obtained by breaking the law. The Committee has also found that the project has potentially very dangerous impacts on issues like water, air pollution, and the coastline, and none of this was ever properly evaluated. After a detailed discussion of the huge number of criminal actions by the company and... Read More

Appeal for protest against illegal land acquisition in Gadakujang Panchayat for POSCO project

Dear all, The MoU between the state government of Odisha and POSCO steel company expired on 21st June 2010. Despite that the land acquisition and eviction from beetle vines in Gadakujang area is continuing by the district administration of Jagatsingpur and IIDCO in presence of the office bearers of POSCO! What is the locus standi of the district administration in occupying the land in the area? Since 27th July 2010 land acquisition, eviction, providing compensation and re-survey... Read More

Police enter villages opposed to POSCO project

The following Sify news report says that armed police have entered Gobindpur, a PPSS stronghold in the Jagatsinghpur district, and intend to arrest Abhay Sahoo. And the Financial Express reports clashes between the police and the villagers of Gobindpur, Nuagoan and Dhinkia. The Financial Express also says that Naveen Patnaik has agreed to have direct dialog with the anti-POSCO groups. Earlier, talks between the PPSS and the Revenue Divisional Commissioner failed after two... Read More

Naveen Patnaik meets anti-POSCO leaders

IANS BHUBANESWAR: For the first time, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday held talks with a group opposed to a steel project by South Korean steel major POSCO in the state. The crucial meeting, which may help the government push forward the project, delayed by more than three years, took place in the secretariat here and lasted more than an hour. “As per today’s situation, the meeting with the chief minister was a success,” Abhaya Sahu, who led a four-member... Read More

Opposition parties join hands against Posco project

Special Correspondent The Hindu Police enter Gobindpur village to facilitate survey work Leaders of six parties condemn police action against agitators Tension continues to prevail in Dhinkia and nearby villages BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Jagatsinghpur police entered Gobindpur village on Thursday to make way for the administration to carry out survey work for the proposed steel project of Posco India Private Limited, senior leaders of six Opposition political parties addressed... Read More

‘No signs of Maoists in the Posco agitation yet’

Rediff On May 15 armed police lathi-charged and fired rubber bullets on 4,000 protesters of the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti, an umbrella organisation which opposes a 12-million steel plant proposed to be set up by the South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Company, spread over 4,004 acres of bio-diversity rich and fertile forest land. Retired Bombay high court Justice Hosbet Suresh — who led a six-member human rights team that visited (between May 24 and 26) Balitutha,... Read More