Indians divided over SKorean plans for steel plant
Indian farmer Ranjan Mohanty is one of the few people in his poor village who backs South Korean steel giant POSCO's plans to build a mega-plant here, but that support has cost him dearly.
JAGATSINGHPUR: Indian farmer Ranjan Mohanty is one of the few people in his poor village who backs South Korean steel giant POSCO's plans to build a mega-plant here, but that support has cost him dearly. Mohanty, his wife and three children have been living for three months in dingy state housing, after opponents of POSCO's 12-billion-dollar project in eastern Orissa state chased him off his land.
"I'd rather commit suicide than go back to our home now. We've paid a heavy price for supporting POSCO," he says in an interview at his new home, which he shares with 200 other people, crammed into tiny rooms and corridors. POSCO, the world's fourth largest steelmaker, says it is confident that construction will begin next month.
"I'd rather commit suicide than go back to our home now. We've paid a heavy price for supporting POSCO," he says in an interview at his new home, which he shares with 200 other people, crammed into tiny rooms and corridors. POSCO, the world's fourth largest steelmaker, says it is confident that construction will begin next month.
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