Deal #605
India
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2022-03-17
Last full update
2015-12-18
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Limited consultation
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Mixed reaction
Comment on community reaction
heavy protests in 2006 and again in 2014;
according to the company, "As of December 15, 2012, 993 families (out of 1234 families) have relocated voluntarily in support of the project" (http://kalinganagar.tatasteelindia.com/the-project/project-profile.asp )
During the early stage of TSL plant erection, there was some public resistance to Plant due to misunderstanding between IDCO and Public which led to police firing on 2 January 2006, killing 14 people and one policeman. Later the people accepted the Plant activity as govt. brought policy changes and Company offered better Compensation and R&R package and propagated inclusive-growth theory what they called as "TATA-Paribar-Scheme" for the affected people.
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Number of people actually displaced
6 000
Comment on displacement of people
In 2012, Maniapatala village was added where 39 families are to be displaced, taking the total number of families to be displaced to 1234.
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
limited compensation
Promised benefits for local communities
Promised benefits for local communities
Health, Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...)
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
company developed 3 rehabilitation and resettlement colonies
200-bed hospital that would cater to 10000 people at Gobarghati in Kalinganagar industrial complex of Orissa's Jajpur district
To provide a source of livelihood to unemployed youths of the Kalinganagar, Tata Steel sends them for skill development training to reputed institutes. In the last four years, 358 youths were imparted skilling across various sectors.