Odisha State Planning Board (OSPB) Deputy Chairman Bishnu Das held a review meeting with the Paradip-based industrial houses as regards their various responsibilities here recently.
Das took notes of industrial growth in and around Paradip and compensation and employment given to displaced families and CSR activities undertaken for development of respective localities. Attending the meeting, IFFCO authority GC Acharya informed that the fertiliser plant has adopted a massive planation drive in and around Paradip and neighboring Kendrapada district.
While Das underscored complaints that the IFFCO has not yet provided compensation and employment to about 661 land losers and violated CRZ Act releasing chemical wastes to private lands, Acharya assured him that he would take steps on the complaints.
PPT Secretary Mohan Raju informed that CSR funds are being utilised to meet people’s requirement on recommendations of the civic authorities and people’s representatives.
While Das wanted to know the IOCl’s support to 143 displaced families, the attending PSU officer said while 93 affected have been given compensation, 43 given employment and four people have been avoiding both employment and compensation.
The Deputy Chairman expressed displeasure over absence of representatives of the Essar and the Goa Carbon companies and asked Paradip ADM to slap show cause notices against them.
Among others, Paradip and Jagatsinghpur ADMs, Sub-Collector, company representatives and Planning and Statistics Deputy Director Kailash Pani were present.