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  • 41 year old, Subhash Mahapatra (3rd from right) is seen advocating their rights to their land while other family members look on in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. A family of 9 is supported with 9 acres of land that generates an annual income of 1000USD. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • Leading the farmers' protest, 37 year Kamal Kumar Ghabya has been advocating for farmers rights against forced land acquisition in Bastar district of Chattisgarh, India. Here he shows the papers supporting his struggle that he acquired from the government through the Rights to Information Act. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • "Over our dead bodies," a Kondh leader told me during one of my visits to the region. However, filing of rights and claiming their dutiful right to the land is going slow at the moment; confusion reigns as people grapple with how they should file the claims. The long and slow struggle against the corporations (and the government) is adversely hampering the movement and villages are also divided into camps. It seems, the process of land acquisition will not be so easy after all.
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  • "Over our dead bodies," a Kondh leader told me during one of my visits to the region. However, filing of rights and claiming their dutiful right to the land is going slow at the moment; confusion reigns as people grapple with how they should file the claims. The long and slow struggle against the corporations (and the government) is adversely hampering the movement and villages are also divided into camps. It seems, the process of land acquisition will not be so easy after all.
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  • Leading the farmers' protest, 37 year Kamal Kumar Ghabya (left) has been advocating for farmers rights against forced land acquisition in Bastar district of Chattisgarh, India. Photo: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Villagers are seen discussing their rights to their land while other family members look on in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. A family of 9 is supported with 9 acres of land that generates an annual income of 1000USD. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • Women walk past a field against the background of Vedanta plant in Ijirupa village in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India. The huge bauxite deposits in Niyamgiri have led the Vedanta group to set up an alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, making the tribals apprehensive about their habitat. The UK based Vedanta Resources  has come under immense pressure from human rights and environmental groups to abandon its plans to mine at the Niyamgiri mountains in Orissa for bauxite (to extract aluminium). The dig site is considered a sacred ground by the local Dongria Kondh community and has attracted support from conservationists from across the world.
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  • The Vedanta ALumina plant is seen in the distance in Ijirupa village in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India. The huge bauxite deposits in Niyamgiri have led the Vedanta group to set up an alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, making the tribals apprehensive about their habitat. The UK based Vedanta Resources  has come under immense pressure from human rights and environmental groups to abandon its plans to mine at the Niyamgiri mountains in Orissa for bauxite (to extract aluminium). The dig site is considered a sacred ground by the local Dongria Kondh community and has attracted support from conservationists from across the world.
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  • Women walk past a field against the background of Vedanta plant in Ijirupa village in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India. The huge bauxite deposits in Niyamgiri have led the Vedanta group to set up an alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, making the tribals apprehensive about their habitat. The UK based Vedanta Resources  has come under immense pressure from human rights and environmental groups to abandon its plans to mine at the Niyamgiri mountains in Orissa for bauxite (to extract aluminium). The dig site is considered a sacred ground by the local Dongria Kondh community and has attracted support from conservationists from across the world.
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  • The metal road leading to the Vedanta refinery is left incomplete as one of the protesting villager, Dakha Majhi (right) refused to sell that part of his land to Vedanta. In 2003, Dakha's 16 acre agricultural land was forcibly taken by the land mafia and Vedanta Alumina Ltd. associates. He was compensated very little for the same piece of land. He was promised a job in the processing plant but he hasn't been given any job as yet. His small house is right next to the Vedanta processing plant and the entire family suffers from asthma and lung problems because of pollution by Vedanta Alumina. He is the sole income provider for his family of his wife, 3 daughters and his aging parents.
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  • Essar Steel keeps their employees busy with maintenance work in a factory that has been closed for over a year because of Maoist attack on their iron ore slurry pipeline and the plant.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Conveyor belts carrying the excavated iron ore from the National Mineral Development Corporation mines are seen on top of the hill in Kirandul in Dantewara district of Chattisgarh, India.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Local villagers are seen travelling on the back of a truck on the main highway in Jharkhand, India.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Brig BK Ponwar, Director of Chhattisgarh's first Counter-terrorism and Jungle Warfare College poses for a portrait in his training school in Kanker, 145 km from state capital Raipur in Chattisgarh, India.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Essar Steel employees take a break after the end of their shift outside the plant in Kirandul, Chattisgarh, India. The plant that has been closed for over a year because of Maoist attack on their iron ore slurry pipeline and the plant.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • An Essar Steel factory worker walks past the slurry machines inside the plant in Kirandul, Chattisgarh, India. Essar Steel keeps their employees busy with maintenance work in a factory that has been closed for over a year because of Maoist attack on their iron ore slurry pipeline and the plant.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Essar Steel factory keeps their employees busy with maintenance work in a factory the plant in Kirandul, Chattisgarh, India. The factory has been closed for over a year because of Maoist attack on their iron ore slurry pipeline and the plant.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • Essar Steel factory keeps their employees busy with maintenance work in a factory the plant in Kirandul, Chattisgarh, India. The factory has been closed for over a year because of Maoist attack on their iron ore slurry pipeline and the plant.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • The excavated iron ore deposit belonging to the National Mineral Development Corporation is seen in Kirandul in Dantewara district of Chattisgarh, India.  Photograph: Sanjit Das/Panos
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  • A young boy is seen outside his hut in Ijurupa village in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India
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  • The abandoned migration apartments at the Sansilo rehabilitation colony, set up by the TATA Steel company for the displaced families in Kalinganagar, Orissa, India.
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  • Jema Banara shows the photo of her father, Ameen Banara in their house in Balighato village in Kalinga Nagar area in Orissa. Ameen was shot during a peaceful protest on May Day (May 1st 2008)  by TATA goons outside the ROHIT factory in Kalinganagar Industrial area.
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  • A little boy is seen in Dinghia village in Orissa, India.
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  • Posing with her son, Savita Mandal, the widow of 34 year old Dula Mandal shows the photo of her deceased husband. Dula Mandal died on the spot in his village (Gobindpur) on June 20th 2008 when the pro-Posco agitators threw a bomb at their group. Clashes between supporters and opponents of the POSCO project injured 50 people, and angry farmers have erected a bamboo gate at the entrance to the village of Dhinkia to keep outsiders away.
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  • Many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • An old women consoles another woman while she mourns the death of a family member at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • Dhaneshwar Dash poses for a portrait in his hut in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash is seen with his grandchildren in his hut in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • Posing with her son and daughter, Savita Mandal, the widow of 34 year old Dula Mandal shows the photo of her deceased husband. Dula Mandal died on the spot in his village (Gobindpur) on June 20th 2008 when the pro-Posco agitators threw a bomb at their group. Clashes between supporters and opponents of the POSCO project injured 50 people, and angry farmers have erected a bamboo gate at the entrance to the village of Dhinkia to keep outsiders away.
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  • 43-year-old Suresh Kumar Dash's family helps him on his betel leaf farm in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • 28 year old Raju Haibro is seen outside his hut in Balighato village of Kalinganagar, Orissa, India. Raju was shot on his left shoulder during a police shootout on the agitators on January 2nd 2006 and later spent 2 weeks in hospital. Despite vehement protests from political and social activists over acquisition of land, the Tatas are confident of going ahead with the setting up of the 6 million tonne steel plant at Kalinganagar.
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  • Bansidhar Bhola is a fisherman and here he poses inside his hut with his grandson, Hemanta in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. Bhola's hut is the closest to the entry gate of the village. The roads leading to the village are under surveillance and these villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • A young protester is seen with a stone at the makeshift gate that has been set up by the local kondh villagers to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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  • Subulu Munduya (50) poses for a portrait with traditional arms inside his hut in Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar industrial area in Orissa, India. Subulu's bother, Ranglal Mundaya died during a police shootout on the agitators on January 2nd 2006.
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  • Gee-Woong Sung, Executive Director, POSCO-India poses for a portrait in Bhubneshwar, Orissa, India.
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  • 28 year old Raju Haibro is seen outside his hut in Balighato village of Kalinganagar, Orissa, India. Raju was shot on his left shoulder during a police shootout on the agitators on January 2nd 2006 and later spent 2 weeks in hospital. .Despite vehement protests from political and social activists over acquisition of land, the Tatas are confident of going ahead with the setting up of the 6 million tonne steel plant at Kalinganagar.
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  • An old man sits outside his hut in the village that is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • One of the protesting villager, Daka Majhi poses for a photo outside his broken house in Lanjigarh. Vedanta has been negotiating to buy some of his land but Daka has refused to sell his land to Vedanta. Six acres of his land (inside the refinery area) was forcibly bought from him in the past.
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  • One of the protesting villager, Daka Majhi poses for a photo outside his house in Lanjigarh. Vedanta has been negotiating to buy some of his land but Daka has refused to sell his land to Vedanta. Six acres of his land (inside the refinery area) was forcibly bought from him in the past.
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  • A villager is seen outside his house in Ijurupa village. This village is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • An old man sits inside his hut in the village that is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • Kumati Majhi, a local leader opposing the Vedanta mining is seen talking to the local Kondh villagers. The villagers have set up a makeshift gate to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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  • Local Kondh villagers sit next to the makeshift gate that has been set up by the villagers to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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  • One of the displaced villager is seen outside the house provided by the Vedanta Alumina refinery as part of the rehabilitation plan. Residents complain that they have been compensated very little for the piece of land. Jobs were promised in the processing plant, but no jobs have been given as yet. The rehabilitation colony is spread across 136 acres of land. The rehabilitated families also complain that the houses are too small, and bear no resemblance to the ones they are used to from their village.
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  • 40 year old Laxmi Mohanto is seen outside her newly built house at the Sansilo rehabilitation colony, set up by the TATA Steel company for the displaced families in Kalinganagar, Orissa, India. She sold 6 acres of her land for the proposed TATA steel plant and built the house with the money she got from Tatas.
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  • 28 year old Raju Haibro is seen outside his hut in Balighato village of Kalinganagar, Orissa, India. Raju was shot on his left shoulder during a police shootout on the agitators on January 2nd 2006 and later spent 2 weeks in hospital. .Despite vehement protests from political and social activists over acquisition of land, the Tatas are confident of going ahead with the setting up of the 6 million tonne steel plant at Kalinganagar.
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  • On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribals protesting against Tata's constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation and that incident has all but paralysed the state government over the land issue. .A 'NO ENTRY' sign has been put up at the entrance of the TATA proposed land. Armed with bows and arrows, the villagers from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area keep a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribals protesting against Tata's constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation and that incident has all but paralysed the state government over the land issue. .A 'NO ENTRY' sign has been put up at the entrance of the TATA proposed land. Armed with bows and arrows, the villagers from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area keep a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribals protesting against Tata's constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation and that incident has all but paralysed the state government over the land issue. .A 'NO ENTRY' sign has been put up at the entrance of the TATA proposed land. Armed with bows and arrows, the villagers from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area keep a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • Armed with bows and arrow, a local villager from the Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar area is seen keeping a tight vigil at the entrance of their village to guard it against company officials or police coming in to their village.
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  • Subulu Munduya (50) poses for a portrait with traditional arms inside his hut in Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar industrial area in Orissa, India. Subulu's bother, Ranglal Mundaya died during a police shootout on the agitators on January 2nd 2006.
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  • Subulu Munduya (50) poses for a portrait with traditional arms inside his hut in Balighato village of Kalinga Nagar industrial area in Orissa, India. Subulu's bother, Ranglal Mundaya died during a police shootout on the agitators on January 2nd 2006.
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  • A steel plant is seen in the distance in Kalinga Nagar industrial area in Orissa, India.
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  • A young boy walks past a narrow alley at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • Women are seen doing their daily chores at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • An old women consoles another woman while she mourns the death of a family member at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • A child is seen playing inside the Posco India transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • An old woman is seen taking a careful step as she walks over mud at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • Anti POSCO leader and the president of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti, Mr. Abhaya Sahoo poses for a portrait with local villagers in Nuagaon in Orissa, India. PPSS leader Mr Abhaya Shaoo who had been spearheading Posco movement in Dhinkia panchyat since three years and took key role to paralyze the installation of Posco steel project was arrested by Paradip police on 2 th October in 2008. Sahoo had been languishing in jail since ten months has finally released on conditional bail in Orissa High Court.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash is seen fishing in sea near his village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash speaks to his grandchild while he combs his hair before heading to school in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • A villager poses outside his hut in Dinghia village in Orissa, India. His hut is the closest to the entry gate of the village. Temporary fences have been erected by them around the boundary of the village to prevent the entry of survey team into their area. South Korean steel giant POSCO continues to face stiff public resistance in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the company is setting up India's biggest direct foreign investment project of 12 million tonne steel plant. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Villagers pose for a portrait outside the local temple, that also works as the office of the agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" in   village Dingkhia in Orissa, India.
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  • An elder is seen attending a meeting at the village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • A villager is seen with his son in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • An anti Posco sign is seen on a house wall in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • An anti Posco sign is seen on a house wall in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • Villagers are seen at the local temple which also acts as a campaign office in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • Savita Mandal, the widow of 34 year old Dula Mandal shows the photo of her deceased husband. Dula Mandal died on the spot in his village, Govindpur on June 20th 2008 when the pro-posco agitators threw a bomb at their group. The local villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Posing with her son and daughter, Savita Mandal, the widow of 34 year old Dula Mandal shows the photo of her deceased husband. Dula Mandal died on the spot in his village (Gobindpur) on June 20th 2008 when the pro-Posco agitators threw a bomb at their group. Clashes between supporters and opponents of the POSCO project injured 50 people, and angry farmers have erected a bamboo gate at the entrance to the village of Dhinkia to keep outsiders away.
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  • Many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • Jema Banara shows the photo of her father, Ameen Banara in their house in Balighato village in Kalinga Nagar area in Orissa. Ameen was shot during a peaceful protest on May Day (May 1st 2008)  by TATA goons outside the ROHIT factory in Kalinganagar Industrial area.
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  • An old woman is seen taking a careful step as she walks over mud at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • Orissa is going through a "steel revolution". In the past few years, the state government has signed more than 40 MoUs with companies, both domestic and foreign, signing off 20 billion tonnes of iron ore. But it has also meant destruction of the natural habitats of people, flora and fauna. The deal with POSCO has been met with protests by the local people, but the government continues to turn a blind eye to the concerns and dangles the carrot of employment generation. In retaliation, the villagers have erected the fences for the protection of 1,235 acres of land to be acquired by Posco company. Proposed steel project would displace all families of this village so they are determined not to leave their soil. If the plant is constructed, the villagers from Dhinkia will be the first ones to be displaced.
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  • Women gather at the transit camp in Badagabapur, in Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. Posco Transit Camp is being set up for people who have been driven out of their villages for being pro-Posco, where they live on the side of a highway on $80 a day shared between 195 people.
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  • A cycle amongst other things like suitcase, few clothes in a bundle and pots were the few belongings that the Kondh's brought with them when they were displaced from their land. The Government's agreement with Vedanta Alumina to allow mining of bauxite deposits in the Niyamgiri hills, the home of the Dongaria Kondha tribe, is an example of how corporate interests backed by state support are trampling on tribal livelihoods and threatening an ecologically rich and important region.
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  • A cycle amongst other things like suitcase, few clothes in a bundle and pots were the few belongings that the Kondh's brought with them when they were displaced from their land. The Government's agreement with Vedanta Alumina to allow mining of bauxite deposits in the Niyamgiri hills, the home of the Dongaria Kondha tribe, is an example of how corporate interests backed by state support are trampling on tribal livelihoods and threatening an ecologically rich and important region.
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  • 43 year old Suresh Kumar Dash is seen with his grandson while the later gets ready to go to a makeshift school in village Dhinkhia, in Orissa, India.
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  • Many villagers take on the responsibility to guard the gate leading to their village Dingkhia in Orissa, India. These villagers have formed an agitating group, "Posco Pratirdh Sangram Samiti" to oppose the construction of Posco port in their village.
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  • One of the villagers (name withheld) poses for a photograph on his land that was forcibly taken by him for the construction of a trolley way. Now since the conveyor trolley belt is constructed, Vedanta sources say the company is ready with the mining plan. Bauxite ores will be extracted from the hilltop and will be brought to the plant site through a conveyor belt.
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  • Villagers are seen at the local temple which also acts as a campaign office in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • An anti Posco sign is seen on a house wall in village Dhinkia in Orissa, India. The local population of small villagers along the proposed Posco site have started a campaign and do not want to give away their land for the proposed Posco factory.
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  • P K Pattanayak, Chief (IR and R&R) TATA Steel Ltd. poses for a portrait in a rehabilitation colony in Kalinganagar, Orissa, India.
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  • young children run past P K Pattanayak, Chief (IR and R&R) TATA Steel Ltd. while he poses for a portrait in a rehabilitation colony in Kalinganagar, Orissa, India.
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  • Gee-Woong Sung, Executive Director, POSCO-India poses for a portrait in his office in Bhubneshwar, Orissa, India.
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  • Gee-Woong Sung, Executive Director, POSCO-India poses for a portrait in Bhubneshwar, Orissa, India.
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  • Chief Operating Officer of Vedanta Aluminum Ltd, Dr. Mukesh Kumar poses for a portrait next to processed alumina at the Vedanta factory in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India. Photo: Sanjit Das for Businessweek
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  • Chief Operating Officer of Vedanta Aluminum Ltd, Dr. Mukesh Kumar poses for a portrait on raw unprocessed bauxite in the Vedanta factory in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India.
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  • Chief Operating Officer of Vedanta Aluminum Ltd, Dr. Mukesh Kumar poses for a portrait on raw unprocessed bauxite in the Vedanta factory in Lanjigarh, Orissa, India.
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  • The protesting villagers, Daka Majhi (left), Prafulla Majhi (centre) with their cousin pose for a photo outside their house in Lanjigarh. Vedanta has been negotiating to buy some of his land but Daka has refused to sell his land to Vedanta. Six acres of his land (inside the refinery area) was forcibly bought from him in the past.
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  • Prafulla Majhi is one of the villagers whose land has been forcibly taken by them (for the factory construction). His village is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • A cycle amongst other things like suitcase, few clothes in a bundle and pots were the few belongings that the Kondh's brought with them when they were displaced from their land. The Government's agreement with Vedanta Alumina to allow mining of bauxite deposits in the Niyamgiri hills, the home of the Dongaria Kondha tribe, is an example of how corporate interests backed by state support are trampling on tribal livelihoods and threatening an ecologically rich and important region.
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  • A cycle amongst other things like suitcase, few clothes in a bundle and pots were the few belongings that the Kondh's brought with them when they were displaced from their land. The Government's agreement with Vedanta Alumina to allow mining of bauxite deposits in the Niyamgiri hills, the home of the Dongaria Kondha tribe, is an example of how corporate interests backed by state support are trampling on tribal livelihoods and threatening an ecologically rich and important region.
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  • Villagers whose land has been forcibly taken by them (for the factory construction) gather outside their homes. This village is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • An old Kondh woman is seen with her grand children outside her hut in Ijurupa village that is few metres from the boundary wall of the refinery and causes obstruction of expansion as it falls inbetween the land that has already bought by Vedanta. The villagers are resisting and have decided not to sell the land to the company at any cost.
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  • Local Kondh villagers sit next to the makeshift gate that has been set up by the villagers to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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  • Local Kondh villagers sit next to the makeshift gate that has been set up by the villagers to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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  • Protest posters are put up and a makeshift gate has been set up by the protesting local kondh villagers to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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  • Local Kondh villagers sit next to the makeshift gate that has been set up by the villagers to stop Vedanta officials to go across to the proposed area for mining in the Niyamgiri hill is seen in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
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