Thousands protest against India approval for POSCO plan

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

BHUBANESWAR, India Feb 1 (Reuters) - Nearly 3,000 people held noisy protests on Tuesday against India's approval of South Korean POSCO's plans to build a steel plant, underlying the problems that have delayed the mill for years.

Police said men, women and children marched to the site of the proposed $12 billion plant in the eastern state of Orissa waving placards saying POSCO's plans would disrupt their betel leaf plantations and forest-based livelihoods.

While the protests are not likely to force a reversal of the government approval given on Monday, they could make it difficult for authorities to begin acquiring land for the plant that has been a test case for India's investment climate.

"POSCO go back," protesters shouted, according to witnesses.



Read more: http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFSGE7100CA20110201

[xchrom]

1. people vs institutions.

institutions have no feelings -- we will see how this works out.
i'm not hopeful for the people in this case.

[lonestarnot]

2. Look in any direction and it bourgeois closing in on the proletariat.

From ripping of food carts to stealing homes to outsourcing of jobs. Hunger to a point produces compliance. When it moves past that point, it breeds fucking contempt!