PARADIP: The land acquisition process has been completed at Nuagaon and Gadkujang panchayats, while the Government’s go-ahead on resuming the process in the trouble-torn Gobindpur and Dhinkia villages is awaited, said Kujang Tehsildar Basudev Pradhan.The land acquisition process which was disrupted on Tuesday due to non- availability of police force was re-started at Nuagaon panchayat on Wednesday amidst tight security. Revenue officials pulled down as many as 17 betel vines and disbursed a compensation of ` 13.50 lakh among betel vine losers.Besides, revenue and horticulture officials have been pressed into service to chop off such trees from the proposed Posco site at Nuagaon and Gadkujang panchayats. Around 250 fruit-bearing trees were chopped in Gadkujang panchayat on Wednesday.Meanwhile, it is learnt that the Forest Department has imposed restrictions on chopping trees from revenue land which has affected work in the two panchayats. Divisional Forest Officer of Rajnagar Manoj Kumar Mohapatra said the restriction had been imposed as there is no permission from the administration in this regard. Special Land Acquisition officer Nrusingha Swain clarified that restrictions which were imposed by local forest officials have been lifted after the intervention of the Chief Conservator of Forests. He has already given permission to IDCO to axe the trees from the project site and IDCO officials will go ahead with the work in about three days, he added.The Kujang Tahsildar said district administration was awaiting a directive from the State Government to acquire land at Gobindpur.
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