UN EXPERT GROUP CALLS FOR HALT TO INDIAN POSCO STEEL PLANT CONSTRUCTION
September 1st, 2013
A powerful panel of United Nations experts called yesterday (October 1) on India’s central and state governments to halt the construction of a steel plant in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The group claimed at an announcement in Geneva that the project, promoted by South Korean multinational steel corporation Posco, would displace more than 22,000 people and disrupt the livelihoods of thousands more in surrounding areas.As a result, “meaningful consultations” should be staged with community leaders from the Jagatsinghpur district and nearby before ...
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