Bhubaneswar, Sept 3: The Assistant Inspector General of Forests (FC) of Union Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (Forest Conservation Division) has written to the PCCF (HoFF) of Odisha Forest Department requesting them to have a look into a forest land grab allegations against Bhushan Steel in the state.
The letter was sent on August 31, 2016 after activist Subash Mohapatra alleged that the company had encroached forest land and had used it for non-forestry purposes. Seeking for an investigation by an impartial agency, Mohapatra in his complaint alleged that the company was having illegal connections with the local officers and that it had managed inaction from authorities.
