This documentary, produced independently by me in the year 2013, attempts to document the conflict between Odisha government and people of the proposed POSCO project area in Jagatsinghpur. The documentary got the screening opportunity at 13th Seoul International New Media Festival (NeMaf -2013), South Korea as a GLOCAL category documentary.
Stories by Basudev Mahapatra, a journalist from the eastern India, on Environment, Polity and Sustainability.
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January 19, 2017
November 19, 2014
The Modi Government’s war on environment
The Modi Government is pushing through
reforms that weaken India’s existing environmental laws and threaten the rights
of those who rely on the forests for their livelihoods.
Despite the bold warning
from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report
of the catastrophic
impacts of rising temperature on the global climate, Narendra Modi's
Government is all set to enact changes to weaken the existing
environment and land acquisition laws of India, in order to promote
industrialisation and
ensure high economic growth, allege activists and environmental experts.
February 18, 2013
People versus the State: Conflict over POSCO Project grows in Odisha
The dream project of Odisha government has become a nightmare for the people living in the proposed Posco project area. The conflict between Industrial development and livelihood has brought the State and people face to face. In such a situation, it may not become an easy sail either for POSCO or the protesting people to arrive at any logical conclusion.
No matter if it was lawful or unlawful. But the government of Odisha was determined to deal with any hurdle on the way of land acquisition for South Korean Steel major Posco’s 12 Million tonne Steel Plant project in the eco-sensitive coastal plains of Jagatsinghpur.
After a year long halt, Odisha government suddenly took an aggressive stand to restart land acquisition operations in Jagatsinghpur for the Posco Steel project. Accompanied by huge police forces the district administration entered the place of demonstration by anti-posco protesters on February 3, 2013, at about 4 am. The administration exercised its muscle to drive out the protesters by beating even the women and children brutally.

After a year long halt, Odisha government suddenly took an aggressive stand to restart land acquisition operations in Jagatsinghpur for the Posco Steel project. Accompanied by huge police forces the district administration entered the place of demonstration by anti-posco protesters on February 3, 2013, at about 4 am. The administration exercised its muscle to drive out the protesters by beating even the women and children brutally.
September 09, 2012
Conflict results in displacement of Tribal families in Koraput
While movements by tribal people to restore their rights over the land and forest are taking up to extremist ideologies, the tribal people not accepting to such ideas are becoming the worst victims of the conflict and such extremist movements.

Jambuli Maleka, a woman leader of Bandhugaon block of
Odisha’s Koraput district and the Naib-Sarpanch (vice-Sarpanch) of Kumbarput
Grampanchayat, was a peace loving woman and always wanted to lead development
and live with her community. But destiny had something else to offer.
The supporters of the movement led by Nachika Linga, a
radical tribal youth heading the Chasi Mulia Adivasi sangh (CMAS), came to the
village Kopakhal and asked the villagers to join their organisation and the
movement to ensure rights of tribal people on the land and the forest, as
claimed by the CMAS and its leader Nachika Linga. The denial of the villagers
made their life horrible with atrocious behaviour and continuous torture by
CMAS Members.
July 04, 2012
Maoist hostage crisis in India: government indifference makes Maoists give up on mediation
Mediation has been successful at bringing down levels of violence and
bringing popular welfare and social justice demands onto the political
agenda. These gains are under threat as the government fails to take the
process seriously.
Banned
since 2009 as a terrorist organisation Communist Party of India (Maoist) armed
cadres now have a presence in more than half of India’s 29 States. Maoists have
adopted the tactics of abduction of civil servants and lawmakers since the
1980s. In the last 15 months, Maoists have made three abductions in Odisha and
one in Chhattisgarh. However, while the earlier abductions were aimed at a
prisoner swap, the recent abductions have raised the possibility of
establishing peace by minimising violence and establishing dialogue.

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