September 07, 2008

POSCO team visits TATA Steel’s project site in Kalinga Nagar

It is reported that a 12 member delegation comprising of POSCO and state government officials recently visited the site of TATA proposed steel plant at Kalinga Nagar. The move was apparently aimed to familiarize POSCO officials with the kind of displacement related work that had taken place and the rehabilitation of ousted.

They visited TATA three transit rehabilitation colonies at Trijanga, Sunsailo and Danagadi in the industrial complex area and interacted with people about various measures taken by TATA.

Mr Dillip Kumar Mohanty ADM of Paradip said " POSCO’s senior executive VP, who is also the CMD of POSCO India and other senior officials accompanied me to discuss about the rehabilitation and resettlement policy adopted by the TATAs. We discussed with some of the displaced people to know about the rehabilitation measures taken by TATA Steel. We also consulted with officials from district administration how they tackled the people during land acquisition process."

The officials did not however talk to leaders of the Visthapan Virodhi Jana Manch, which has been spearheading the tribal movement against industrialization in Kalinga Nagar since police firing incident.