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Plea to Kalam on Orissa projects

Special Correspondent

BHUBANESWAR: The Jibika Bachao Andolan has appealed to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to intervene and protect the rights of those displaced by Posco-India and Vedanta Alumina projects in Orissa.

"Granting special economic zone status to Posco and 11 other ventures will displace more than 60,000 and cause huge losses to Orissa in the form of taxes," its secretary Rabi Behera said.

In a memorandum to Mr. Kalam, he said acquisition of 4,000 acres of agricultural land for Posco to set up a steel plant and a captive port in Jagatsinghpur would affect thousands of people.

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