Posco survey report to be filed today

The Jagatsinghpur district administration has compiled detailed socio-economic survey report for the Posco steel project to be presented to the state government and the company tomorrow for valuation of rehabilitation package for displaced families of the affected villages.

Official sources said, the survey covered 1930 house holds and 2315 betel vines including 1085 in Gobindpur village, 11 in Bhuyianpal, 300 in Polang, 15 in Noliashai and 904 in Nuagaon village. Earlier 282 families were identified for displacement.

This included 70 families in Gobindpur, four in Bhiyanpal, 13 in Polang, 187 in Noliashai, and eight in Nuagaon village.

However, following the detail survey report mentions that 329 original families and 265 extended families need to be displaced.

Out of 329 families, 140 families stay in private land while the rest are encroachers of government land.1323 betel vines and 185 dilapidated betel vines have been identified during the survey of the Posco site.

Special land acquisition officer, Nrusingh Swain said, after scrutiny, survey teams have found 1.05 lakh trees including 71. 357 cashew trees, 4.087 coconut trees, 4.382 mango trees, 2, 374 jackfruit trees, 418 'chakhunda trees in project site. Survey teams have completed survey in 437. 66 acres private land and 3566 acres of government land excluding 900 acres of land in Dhinkia village.

Besides this, 32 tube wells and 41 ponds have been identified in private land.

Total 26 prawn bheris occupying 267.22 acres of land including 97 fishing houses are enumerated in the survey report.

Socio-economic survey started on February 7 in seven villages of Nuagaon, Dhinkia, Gadakujang panchayat and was completed by 12 survey teams including 80 revenue officials, protected by four platoons of police.

Posco officials led by its director G W Sung and executive director U B Pattnaik and others reviewed the socio economic survey with the district administration at Paradip.

They discussed about the valuation of private land, trees and other assets of displaced families.

They hinted that Posco has decided to give Rs 3 lakh per one acre of private land while district officials suggested the valuation rate at Rs 10 to 15 lakh per acre.

Later they also convinced the displaced families about Posco package and rehabilitation colony by showing proposed colony map.

Kujang tahsildar Debasish Singh said, compilation of survey work has been completed and same report has been submitted to district collector on Tuesday and the administration will present the same report to the state government and Posco company later.