Tata Steel project displaced reject revised R&R offer.

The displaced and land losers for the Tata Steel's Gopalpur project in Ganjam district have rejected the fresh modified compensation package and sought higher compensation from the company. The representatives of the affected villagers demanded the higher compensation at a tri-partite meeting held at Chhatrapur, the district headquarter of Ganjam, recently to discuss the new package.

State's higher education minister, Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi, who represents Gopalpur constituency in the assembly, district collector PC Chaudhary and officials of the Tata Steel were present in the meeting.

While the land losers demanded compensation at the rate of Rs. 10 lakh per acres, the displaced families wanted the one-time payment offered for skipping claim for job to Rs. 10-lakh and calculation of the extended families with 2014 as the cut-off year.



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