Flag march in Gobindpur

PARADIP: A flag march was conducted by 10 platoons of police force at Gobindpur village under Dhinkia panchayat on Monday.The security personnel came face to face with armed members of Posco Pratirodha Sangram Samiti (PPSS) who have for the last five days formed a human chain here to prevent entry of officials for the land acquisition  work inside the village. However, no untoward incident was witnessed. After the flag march, a meeting was organised by PPSS leader Abhaya Sahu where the members reiterated that they would not cede their land for the project.Project Director, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Surjeet Das said police conducted the flag march to ensure that the land acquisition begins in the village on Tuesday on a peaceful note. SP S Debadutta Singh said that police were keeping an eye on the anti-Posco activists to thwart any incident and all security measures had been put in place ahead of the  work at Gobindpur. Meanwhile, as many as 50 betel vines were demolished in Nuagaon on Monday and a compensation of ` 84 lakh was disbursed.