URGENT APPEAL FROM POSCO PRATIRODH SANGRAM SAMITI AS ON
1st NOVEMBER 2011
Dear Friends,
We earnestly appeal to all of you to send your immediate
protest letter to the government of Odisha regarding its recent decision to
start the construction of coastal road from Paradeep to our village for POSCO. We
fear that over 400–500 henchmen of POSCO followed by police forces might
forcibly enter into our area. From media
reports, it may construe that they can attack on or before 3rd of November
2011. On 30th October 2011, our villagers have decided to intensify the protest
if the Government goes ahead with land acquisition and construction of the
coastal road.
On 27th of October 2011, the Chief Secretary of Odisha
Mr. B.K Patnaik said in the media that he had asked POSCO authorities to begin
work on the acquired land. Of the 4,000 and odd acres of land required by the
company, the state government claims to have acquired 2,000 acres and hence
POSCO could start work over this land.
In this regard, Mr. Priyabrat Patnaik, Chief Managing
Director of Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha (IDCO) held a meeting
with the Jagatsinghpur district officials on 28th of October, 2011.
As you all know that the government’s move to allow POSCO
to start work in the area is completely illegal as the MOU has lapsed more than
a year back. Opposition parties including Congress and BJP opposed Orissa
government’s move to invite POSCO-India to begin work on the acquired land even
before a fresh MoU was signed.
At this critical juncture, we appeal to all concerned
citizens activists, intellectuals and media friends to extend their support and
put consistent pressure on the government to stop the forcible eviction of the
people. Our villagers in a meeting in Dhinkia also have resolved to oppose any
move by the state. We know Priyabrata Pattnaik as an officer with criminal
credential and can do anything to harm us and help the project. Any
intervention from your side will be of help to us.
We shall inform you the
further developments here.
Kindly circulate this mail
widely.
In Solidarity,
Prashant Paikaray
Spokesperson, POSCO
Pratirodh Sangram Samiti
Mobile no – 09437571547
E -Mail- prashantpaikray-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
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2. Mr. P. Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs,
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4. Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha, Fax
0674-2535100 E. mail cmo <at> ori.nic.in
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