Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has put on hold forest clearance to the Posco project in Odisha. He rejected Orissa government's assurance that there are no tribals in the area, where the 52,000 crore rupee steel-cum-captive power plant is to come up. Ramesh cited the letter from members of POSCO Pratirodh Sangharsh Committee, PPSC that village council resolutions of Dhinkia and Gobindapur have not been considered by the state government authorities. He added that he had already forwarded the PPSC representation to the Orissa Chief Minister and the Chief Secretary and he believed that these two resolutions have to be disposed of by the appropriate authority in accordance with the Forest Rights Act, 2006.