Report by Pravuprasad Routray; Bhubaneswar: Orissa government today said that Posco-India could easily start its work for the mega-steel project over 2,000 acres acquired land. This way said by Chief Secretary Bijay Kumar Patnaik.

He said today said Posco-India could easily start its work over 2,000 acres so far acquired to set up its proposed mega steel plant near Paradip. Stating that the South Korean steel major wanted about 4,000 acre of land, the Chief Secretary pointed out that 2,000 acres was not a small patch.

It should be noted that Posco-India had proposed to set up 12 mtpa steel facility in three different modules. The state government acquired over 2,000 acres since May, 2011 after the project got final forest clearance from environment and forest ministry.