Tension at Posco site, two officials detainedBS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar August 05, 2011, 0:52 IST
Tension prevailed in the Posco project site in Orissa as the irate villagers on Thursday detained two officials, one from Posco and another staff of Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Orissa (Idco), who had gone to Noliasahi in Gadakujang panchayat for cutting of tress on the acquired land. They were later released after being held captive for about four hours. Click here to visit SME Buzz <http://www.business-standard.com/sme/> Also Read Related StoriesNews Now<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tension-at-posco-site-two-officials-detained/444866/> -Gridco may miss solar power purchase target<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/gridco-may-miss-solar-power-purchase-target/443738/> -Detained officials at Posco site, released<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/detained-officials-atposco-site-released/442083/> -Posco officials face local wrath<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/posco-officials-face-local-wrath/442093/> -Integrated Mines project to be implemented by Jan 2012<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/integrated-mines-project-to-be-implemented-by-jan-2012/441645/> -Tamil Nadu industrial estates lose business<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/tamil-nadu-industrial-estates-lose-business/441462/> -Who tilled my land and ate my pie?<http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/who-tilled-my-landate-my-pie/440681/> The officials, who had gone to the village without the knowledge of the district administration, were accused of paying less compensation to the beneficiaries. Though they were manhandled by some village women, no harm was caused to them, said Gadakujang sarpanch Nakula Sahu. It may be noted thousands of youths and women of Nuagaon and Gadakujang pachayats have intensified their stir demanding fulfillment of their six point chatter of demands and blocked the road at Gadakujang from yesterday preventing the entry of district and police officials. Apart from opposing felling of trees on environment ground, the villagers have expressed their doubt over fulfillment of their demands following the recent transfer of Revenue Divisional Commissioner, central range. They also questioned logic of land acquisition when the MoU with Posco has already expired for over a year now. The villagers demanded immediate release of pending wages to nearly 1400 unemployed youths, who were working under a construction agency at the site. In the wake of stiff resistance, the Jagatsinghpur district administration has stopped the felling of trees in Nuagaon on Thur -- Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist * * *The UID project i**s going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did, else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names even prior to the arrival of the Nazis? The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in the 'census' business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. At the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC, there is an exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible for organising the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews.* * * *http://saynotoaadhaar.blogspot.com/* *http://aadhararticles.blogspot.com/* *http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902&ap=1*< http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_162987527061902&ap=1> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
