POSCO has reiterated its stand that it is not even remotely connected with any slum eviction drive in Cuttack.
Referring to a report published in The Pioneer on Tuesday, the South Korean company, which has proposed to set up a mega steel plant near Paradip, has said the rumours that slum-dwellers on the banks of the Taldanda Canal in Cuttack will be evicted to lay pipelines for supply of the Mahanadi water to the steel project are the handiwork of some vested interests. Such rumours were also denied by the company in February this year.
Posco asserted that any slum eviction drive by the Cuttack Municipal Corporation has no linkage whatsoever with its project. The project is "for the benefit of the State of Orissa in a win-win partnership with Posco" and has "no plan whatsoever to do anything to cause any harm to the people", the release added.
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