Do you have enough water to provide for the needs of all the steel plants already under construction ?

Digvijay Singh
General Secretary, AICC
Dear Sachi ,
You have already taken opinion of eminent people from such diverse background that I don't think I would be able to contribute anything new but nevertheless shall flag certain issues which should be considered to arrive at decision.

1- Orissa Government has already commited its Iron resource to so many people I don't know whether they would be able to give
Poscoe what they want.

2- Orissa already has water problem. Do you have enough water to provide for the needs of all the steel plants already under construction ?

3- Iron reserves alloted to Poscoe, are they disturbing the ecology of the area and and the tribals and other land oustees who would be displaced whether they are land owners or encroachers what plans the Govt has for their sustainable livelihood ?

4- SEZ is based on the principle of getting private investment in setting up world class infrastructure for several investors in Industry as a group in a cluster rather than a stand alone industry.

5- If they are given tax concessions which they would get after they get SEZ status won't it deny a level playing for the other investors in greenfield steel projects ?

6- What are the plans of the investor and the Govt to draw up training program for the human resource requirement for local recruitment ?

7- Looking to the future requirement of Steel investors would come to Orissa in any case so why give liberal tax concessions which would deny revenue to the State ?

I don't have the relevant data to comment specifically on the issues which I have raised but if I was the CM I would take a decision based on above issues and make the agreement public.
With regards,
Digvijaya