PTI reported that was the process of land acquisition for POSCO steel plant in Orissa was set in motion, anti project activists of POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti started assembling in the Dhinkia area, while those of Bhitamati Suraksha Janamancha congregated at Nuagaon.

Around 600 police personnel have been deployed in the proposed plant site area to prevent any untoward incident during the land acquisition. Ambulances and fire brigade were also stationed in the area.

The police said that "However, there has been no attempt by anti POSCO activists to disrupt land acquisition work."

Besides Baliltutha and Kujanga, the police force was also deployed in areas like Trilochanpur, Gobindpur and other places where land is to be acquired.

(Sourced from PTI)