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DISPLACEMENT BY DEVELOPMENT
PROJECTS
Bargaining
Lives
POSCO
brings Orissa government to its knees as an MOU signed between the
two is not only going to rob thousands of villagers of their tenuous
preserves in far off hamlets but also ties state's hands from doing
anything except to support, assist, protect and pave the way for
investors' interests in all eventuality.
None
other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced in June this year
that the work at the POSCO project site in Jagatsinghpur district of
Orissa will begin on April 1, 2008. However, he failed to acknowledge
the fact that there is intense opposition from people who stand to
get affected by the project. Naveen Patnaik-led Orissa government has
assured the company about the transfer of 4004 acres of land by April
for the integrated steel plant. On its part, the company is
arm-twisting the state and central government to expedite the process
or else shift the project somewhere else.
by
Saurabh Bhatarcharjee Usha Ramanathan. Combat Law. 01/12/2007
Kolkata
has its own Nandigrams
A
recent report by CRY has revealed that industrialisation and urban
development often does not take into account the children and adults
who are subject to eviction.
Cases
are aplenty with the Nandigram eviction drive being the most
prominent.
According
to Piu Sur, communications manager of CRY, “Evictions have been in
the forefront and we decided to bring up the issue of evictions
within Kolkata which has been overlooked.”
“In
the present scenario, where the state-sponsored evictions are already
being questioned on various aspects, this study will provide the
important insight required to substantiate the perceived ill effects
of such actions,” claimed Sur.
by
Pradipta Mukherjee. The Business Standard. 18/12/2007
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