On Orissa governments move to renew the MoU with POSCO for its mega steel plant, POSCO Pratirodha Sangram Samiti and the Left parties threatened to continue their stir till the project is scrapped.

The anti POSCO activists observed ‘Black Day’ at Patana village under Dhinkia panchayat to mark the completion of five years of POSCO’ MoU with the state government.

PPSS conducted mass rallies at Gobindpur and Dhinkia in which thousands of women and children sporting black badges participated.

They congregated at Patana hat where PPSS leaders along with their Left party comrades and social activists addressed a mass gathering. The anti POSCO activists of three panchayts Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadkujang took part in the rally and the meeting.

Addressing the gathering, PPSS leaders said “While the chief minister, on one hand, wished to visit the project site to find out the problems of the affected villagers, on the other hand, he has announced to renew the MoU with POSCO. We will continue the stir till the project is shifted.”

(Sourced from BS)