Dhinkia Villagers Seek Jairam`s Intervention For Acquisition Of Pvt Land
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 5,
May 2011
These villagers have agreed to part with their land for the mega steel project provided a suitable price is paid to them.
“The villagers of Dhinkia have sent a letter to Ramesh to intervene in this matter and urged him to take immediate steps to facilitate takeover of their land for the Posco project", said Nirvaya Samantray, former sarpanch of Dhinkia panchayat and secretary, United Action Committee, a pro-Posco outfit active at the project site.
In the letter, the villagers have highlighted that out of 284 acres of private land at Dhinkia, they have agreed to hand over 218 acres to Posco. They have also stated that 90 per cent of land at Dhinkia is barren land where betel vine cultivation cannot be taken up due to non-availability of sweet water. Read the full report here.
Source: BS Reporter, Business Standard, Kolkata/Bhubaneswar.
