Land for Tata Steel's proposed 6 mt integrated greenfield steel plant in Chhatisgarh has been identified and the government has started disbursing compensation to villagers willing to part with their land for the project, its chief minister Raman Singh today said.
Singh, who was in the steel city to campaign of BJP for the coming assembly polls in Jharkhand, admitted that Maoist activities have been hindering progress in land acquisition.
The steel plant will be set up in two phases at a cost of Rs19000 crore in Chhatisgarh and 80% compensation have already been disbursed among the villagers for their land, he told a press conference here.
Tata Steel required 1800 acres for the first phase of the proposed project, he said.
Admitting that Maoist activities had become a hindrance to the acquisition of land, he said the ultra left outfits were not involved directly but were inciting the villages against parting with their land.
However, the situation has improved much and the required land would be acquired soon by the government to facilitate early beginning of the project work, he added.
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