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Similarly, the aluminium sale increasedfrom 75,858 MT to 84,103 MT during thecomparable quarter.Don't let Gopalpur rehab goK' Nagar way: RDC to TataPioneer News Service, 18 July,2008Cautioning Tata Steel officials not to repeatthe Kalinga Nagar tragedy at Gopalpurwhile dealing with displaced personsRevenue Divisional Commissioner(Southern) Satyabrata Sahu on Thursdayordered an inquiry on missing ousteesasking Collector in-charge to submit a reportwithin one month. A meeting convened atthe RDC's conference hall was attended byBerhampur SP Devdatta Singh, GanjamCollector in-charge Madan Mohan Deo,Tata officials and representatives of thedisplaced people. The Tata officials apprisedthe RDC of the employment of variousdisplaced persons in the company's differentprojects. Stating that the company hadalready recruited 40 displaced persons out ofa total of 50 they could not however, explainanything about three missing displacedpersons, including Kuni Rath and AnandMoharana. They were untraceable, theofficials added. Terming it a serious matterthe RDC ordered an inquiry into it askingthe Collector in-charge to submit a reportwithin one month. Meanwhile, somedisplaced people entered the conference hallprompting the RDC to ask the Tata officialsas to how many people have actually beendisplaced due to the company's Gopalpurproject.An upset RDC expressed shock overTata officials' revelation that a total of 604persons were displaced till date. He saideven after three to four meetings convenedby him till date he was not aware of the fact.The displaced people narrated their woesand alleged that they have been let down bythe company as it has failed to providecompensation to them and jobs to trainedpersons. Eighteen people, including women,were retrenched in 2006 after 10 years ofservice by the company. The RDC asked thecompany officials to take steps to ensurejobs anyhow to the displaced people andcompensate them irrespective of their ageand qualification. The RDC also wanted thecompany authorities to brief theadministration on the details of the Gopalpurproject.Naveen wants investors toimprove communication withpeopleThe Orissa Diary, 18 July, 2008Bhubaneswar: With major steel projectsrunning into rough weather in Orissa, whichis targetting a production of 45 mtpa steel innext four years, Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik today urged investors to learn the artof communicating with the people in atransparent manner. Pointing out that thefuture of industrial sector lay in addressingpeople's issues with speed and compassion,Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said nomining or industrial activity could take placeunless people support. "Project proponentsmust be willing to share with the people thebenfit of their projects," Patnaik said, whileaddressing a seminaron 'Mineral junction:The future ahead', organised by the CII. Hesaid the people should be stakeholders in theprojects which were coming up in theirlocalities. The Chief Minister said the statewas ranked ahead of others in terms of valueof total envisaged projects and also in termsof value of total projects underimplementation. "We are ahead of the othertop ranking states like Gujarat, Maharastra,Karnataka and Haryana. The rank has beenheld by us for three consecutive years-2005,2006 and 2007," Patnaik told the gatheringof investors. He said while envisagedprojects account for an investment of aboutRs 6 lakh crore, projects worth Rs 3 lakhcrore were in implemenattion stage.Hopeful of the state achieving its target of45 mtpa steel production by 2012, Orissa'sSteel and Mines, Industries Secretary AshokDalwai said the projects which were in15