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UPDATE, 12th February: PPSS Leader Abhaya Sahoo Ends Hunger Strike

 
/ February 12, 2013

On 10th February 2013, Mr. Abhaya Sahoo, the chairperson of POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti was persuaded by the villagers and visiting activists from across the state and outside to call off his six-day hunger strike as the state government temporarily suspended the forcible land acquisition process owing to the resistance on one...

UPDATE, 7th February: Government Halts Land Acquisition in Jagatsinghpur

 
/ February 7, 2013

The government of Odisha has temporarily halted the land acquisition drive in Dhinkia Panchayat however there are still 2 platoons of police present. We urge the supporters to keep the pressure on the government to ensure that there is no further attempt to forcefully evict people from their lands. In...

Voices of the People Vs POSCO: Updates from Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha

 
/ February 4, 2013

JAGATSINGHPUR, ODISHA: At 4AM on 3rd February 2013, twelve platoons of police forcefully entered villages, Dhinkia and Govindpur to take over forest land. These villages have been at the centre of a seven year long resistance movement against the Korean steel company POSCO which seeks to build a port and...

Voices of the People Vs POSCO: Updates from Jagatsinghpur District, Odisha

 
/ February 3, 2013

JAGATSINGHPUR, ODISHA: At 4AM on 3rd February 2013, twelve platoons of police forcefully entered villages, Dhinkia and Govindpur to take over forest land. These villages have been at the centre of a seven year long resistance movement against the Korean steel company POSCO which seeks to build a port and...