Land acquisition for Posco steel plant in trouble

May 16 (PTI) Orissa government's move to resume land acquisition for Posco steel plant from Wednesday faced fresh trouble as villagers supporting the project announced "non-cooperation" and opponents demanded relocation of the proposed site. "Though we want establishment of Posco steel plant here, we will not cooperate with the administration's efforts of land acquisition process unless our demands are fulfilled," United Action Committee (UAC) president Anadi Charan Rout told PTI, after attending a marathon meeting between the pro-project group and Jagatsinghpur district administration. "The villagers want more compensation. I will take up the matter with the government. However, we have requested them to cooperate the administration in land acquisition scheduled to resume from May 18," District Collector N C Jena said. The land acquisition process for Posco was halted last year in view of a cease work order from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest.