Amidst protest from anti-Posco activists, Orissa government on Wednesday resumed land acquisition work for Korean Steel major’s proposed $12,000 (Rs 54,000 crore) Steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, following union ministry for environment and forest’s final forest clearance to the project on May 2. Jagatsinghpur collector NC Jena said the teams comprising officials from the revenue department and Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IIDO) were involved in the land acquisition process....

-PTI   Orissa government's move to resume land acquisition for Posco Steel plant from Wednesday faced trouble today with villagers supporting the project announcing non-cooperation and opponents demanding relocation of the proposed plant site from the fertile land. "Though we want establishment of Posco Steel plant here, we will not cooperate with the administration''s efforts of land acquisition process unless our demands are fulfilled," United Action Committee (UAC) president Anadi Charan Rout...

-Express News Service   Even as the State government readies for land acquisition for the Posco Steel project, the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), which is spearheading a movement against the project, has announced that it would oppose the process. To add to the woes, the United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit, has threatened not to cooperate with the Jagatsinghpur district administration for the land acquisition.   PPSS president Abhay Sahu told...

-The Indian Express   Says the authority did not have specific plan for development in Greater Noida A day after annulling acquisition of nearly 157 hectares of land in Greater Noida, Allahabad High Court on Friday annulled acquisition of 72 hectares of land by the Greater Noida Authority in Surajpur village. Along with the recent cancellation of acquisition of more than 200 hectares of land as directed by the Supreme Court, this becomes...

-The Business Standard   The Orissa government may defer its plan to resume land acquisition for South Korean Steel company Posco’s $12-billion project near Paradip on May 18, by a week due to non-cooperation of United Action Committee (UAC) members, unavailability of temporary shed for police forces and severe heat wave. Priyabrata Patnaik, managing director of state-owned Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation and nodal officer for the project, had earlier said the land...