In Odisha, work at the proposed Posco site in Jagatsinghpur district was stalled for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. The villagers blocked a key road near Balisahi. Balisahi junction is the place from where roads lead to Nuagaon and Dhinkia panchayats in the proposed Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel project. Construction work for boundary walls and rehabilitation colony and felling of trees in Noliasahi-Polang area, where the district administration claims to have acquired about 1800 acre land, remained affected due to road blockade by villagers.The Joint Action Committee activists have been disrupting work saying the Odisha government was yet to meet their six-point charter of demands.
News On AIR | June 28, 2011 8:27 PM
Work at proposed Posco site stalled for 3rd consecutive day