Industries Minister Biswabhusan Harichandan observed that industrial establishments setting up plants in the State should appoint Oriyas to contain opposition from local people.Stating that students from the local ITI should be appointed in the plants, Harichandan said the industries should stop the practice of recruiting workers from outside the State.
Presiding over a meeting on the progress of industrialisation at Kalinga Nagar at the Secretariat here, the Minister said at least one person each from the displaced families should be appointed in the plants. The security system in the plants should be augmented to avoid accidents on the premises to protect the workers.Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei and senior officials attended. It was decided that afforestation will be taken up in Kalinga Nagar and a green belt will be created to save the area from pollution.
The meeting underscored the need for proper implementation of the rehabilitation and resettlement policy of the State Government.Besides, special care will be taken to keep the law and order situation normal around the plant areas. Ghadei maintained that steps should be taken to solve the problems of displaced families of Sarangapur and Kurunti villages. Besides, Infrastructure Development Corporation of Orissa Limited should take steps to provide land to industries to set up employee colonies and townships.
Kalinga Nagar industrial complex was created in 1990 for which 13,000 acres of 20 villages were acquired. This included 6895 acres of private land and 6105 acres of government land.
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