A total of 1,880.310 acres of Government land has been acquired in 10 mouzas under Ersama and Kujang blocks in Jagatsinghpur district and transferred to the Posco for its proposed steel project.
Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Thursday informed this in the Assembly in a written reply to a question of Congress member Naba Kishore Das.
He said 578.530 acres have been transferred through lease deeds and 1301.780 acres transferred on advance possession basis. As 578.530 acres are lease deeds, of it only 422 acres have been given to the company. Hence, a total possession of 1723.78 acres has been given to the Posco.
While the company
had given Rs41,61,71,793 towards land value, Rs40,12,58,650 of it has been spent for land acquisition, the Minister informed.
The Minister further
said lease for a total of 2,193.532 acres of Government forestland has been sanctioned by now and the Posco has been asked to deposit Rs54,22,92,318 with the Idco towards it.
The Idco has not signed any agreement with the Posco to get the money. As per law, these lands would not be transferred to Posco on lease basis until it makes payment, the Minister informed.