Land Grab For POSCO Project Begins In Orissa, India: Forest Rights Act Violations

Land Grab For POSCO Project Begins In Orissa, India: Forest Rights Act Violations   Today the Orissa government initiated "acquisition" of land in the proposed POSCO project area of Jagatsinghpur District, Orissa. The project is in complete violation of the law and this "acquisition" is part of an illegal land grab. We reiterate the following:   3000 of 4000 acres in the POSCO area are forest land. The people of the three affected gram panchayats have rights over this forest land under the...

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