MINING AND INDUSTRIALISATION UPDATE, ORISSA - Vasundhara

N e wsMONTH-JULYMemorial pillar for deceasedanti POSCO man erected inGovindapurThe Orissa Diary, 1 July, 2008Paradip: The trouble torn proposed POSCOsite Govindapur village under Kujanga areaagain turned awake on Monday nightcausing huge gathering of anti projectpeople from locality and outsiders in theevent last rite occasion of the deceased DulaMandal. The Posco Pratirodha SangramaSamittee [PPSS] organized a condolencemeeting on the occasion where activistsfrom anti industrialization groups across thestate and few leftist leaders were present andunanimously declared the deceased antiPOSCO man is a martyr for opposingPOSCO in Kujanga. A memorial pillar waserected in his native village before thecondolence meeting and speakers assertedthe pillar would recalled how a village herosacrificed his life in the hand of pro projectpeople while opposing POSCO project and atwo minutes silence was observed payingtribute to the deceased mortal. MoreoverPPSS activists endorsed a proposalrenaming the Jatadhari Ghat in to Dula Ghatin Patana village where the locals cross theriver Jatadhari in boat accessing Paradip andKujanga areas. Earlier the PPSSsympathizers took out a procession coveredentire Dhinkia and Govindapur villages andshouted slogan against the POSCO and itsproject sympathizers who thrown bombs toanti project people in Govindapur school on20 June for which injured Dula passed awayin hospital and others two injured personsare still struggling for life in SCB Medicalcollege and Hospital, Cuttack. Meanwhilereports said PPSS members received respiteon Monday after the activists returned backthe two excavators forcibly brought for theJatadhari mouth digging on 28 June from theDharti construction company premises nearIOC area. Notable to inform about 200 PPSSactivists armed with weapons barked in tothe Dhariti site office and took away twoexcavators and allegedly used bothmachines in digging works for which thecompany officials had lodged an FIR inParadip police station on 28 June but noaction had taken till date. Sources said aftersafe returned of excavators and itscrewmembers virtually closed down the casein police station. From the pro POSCO campcomplete silence have been observed sincepast three days, sources added projectsympathizers from Nuagaon, Gadakujanga,Noliasahi including Govindapur haveworried a lot when police picked up 26 promen from Govindapur school and sent themto Kujanga jail charging murder case sincelast ten days. However recovery of arms,ammunitions, crude bombs and explosivematerials from Govindapur school on 26June further aggravate the situation whilemany claimed the alleged accused personsare languishing in jail without fault and inabsence of committing any crime and notinvolving the bomb explosion case howeverefforts are on to bailed out them early, saidNirvaya Samantray , a pro POSCO leader.Amidst chaos proceeds in project sitevillages, POSCO authorities have movedhelping the students living in POSCO transitcolony home for the 52 pro project victimssince one year. About 35 primary studentsliving in the colony would be admitted inlocal Manapur school including 15 studentswould be enrolled in Chatua high school forstudying in different classes. A senior3