The Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) has alleged that the police have started constructing a trench connecting the Posco project site to Govindapur village on May 6 in a clandestine manner to ward off resistance and unleash a new phase of terror against the project opponents.
In a Press release, PPSS spokesperson Prashant Paikaray charged the State Government and the district police with dancing to the tune of the steel company and ignoring the concerns raised by various groups and forces.
He said the police have already felled more than 600 trees in Gobindpur village without respecting the verdict of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). “The Odisha Government is as good as dead and the dictates of the company are ruling supreme in Jagatsinghpur district,” he said and sought support to the PPSS from likeminded people.