he Odisha police have called in heavy reinforcements and are moving into positions all evening around the villages of Dhinkia and Gobindpur in Jagatsinghpur District of Odisha state. These villages form the epicentre of over 6 years of successful peaceful resistance to the scandalous POSCO steel-mining-power-port project – the world's largest. This project is being pushed through by Odisha and Indian Governments in blatant violation of fundamental rights and a variety of environmental and economic laws of India.
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The villagers are being supported by students at Jawaharial Nehru University.
JNU NSUI protest against Odisha government for using force against people for land acquisition
JNU NSUI has done a mass protest demonstration against the Orissa government for forcible use of police force against people and illegal acquisition of land at Govindpur, Jagatsinghpur. Protest demonstration was done in front of Odisha bhavan at 11.30 A.M today.
This protest was done when Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik came to delhi and was inside the complex of the Odisha Bhavan at the time of the protest.
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