I have a different opinion about Tata's or any such business houses which the
locals claim to be SUCKING BLOOD.
- Iron Ore or Coal mines or be is whatever natural resources - It was there
to harness for EVERYBODY. Why did the LOCALS or other than Tata's or Sterlite
did not harness it??? One cannot blame the other person or organization for
grabbing the opportunity if it existed & one did not make use of that
oportunity.
- Business houses have muscle power - agreed, but there are some formalities,
rules & regulations by which they acquire land or mines & set up their
business. I dont think that there is any set up done by Big business house
without GOVERNMENT approvals. The GOVERNMENT which is chosen by the LOCALS. If
there is injustice, FIGHT the Government, LEARN how to choose a correct
Government, revolt against the government - Why Blame Business Houses? Why keep
crying about injustice?
- Beggars are not Choosers. Its the benevolence of the business houses, if
they give something in return They DON'T HAVE TO because they pay heavy TAXES
already to Government. Tell me what percentage of our earnings do we give out
as charity?? And how regularly, if at all we do part with a small sum?
- Bottom Line - No use ot blaming business houses. Its because of them that
Indian has shown so much of progress over the last couple of years. From
inception of life, the rule has been "Survival of the Fittest". FIGHT, STRIVE,
THINK, WORK HARD, COMPETE, if you really want to come up in life.
Stop the Blame Game. & Stop thinking that someone will come & make your life
easier.
Partho Datta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That counts as a marketing failure on the part of the Orissa
government.
Partho Datta
deba nayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Rs. 1-lakh car Nano of Tata Motors will
provide a joyous ride to common man.
But people of Orissa are literally taken for a ride.
Exploiting Orissas iron ore and chrome ore for a century Tata Steel has given
little in return. Apart from a couple of plants here and there with few social
projects the House of Tata has ignored Orissa.
But the group is lavishing West Bengal with a number of major industrial and
huge social investments.
Ratan Tata has listed a slew of investments his group would make in West Bengal
on 11 January.
Tata Steel is investing in coke and power plants in Haldia.
TCS will be setting up a large facility in Calcutta, where as in Orissa it has
a small development centre.
The countrys largest cancer hospital with World class research and
development facilities would also be built in Calcutta, announced the Steel
Czar.
In Orissa it has set up small hospitals in Joda and a few tiny health
facilities in the mines and nearby plants.
It acquired 4000 acres of land in 1996 at Gopalpur to set up a major steel
project.
But it ditched the state and set up the cold rolling mill at Jamshedpur.
Compelled to announce a Greenfield steel project at Kalinga Nagar due to threat
of cancellation of iron ore lease, the project is yet to make any progress.
Orissa has given every thing to Tatas and leaders of the state have gone out of
the way to shower favors to the Steel Major.
Tata receives hundreds of crores of rupees per annum by exporting /exploiting
chorme ore and iron ore.
Once the mineral is exhausted that area is left like abandoned filed full of
gaping holes.
Mining areas of Gorumahisani and Badampahar bears the burnt of Tata is an eye
opener.
With all the iron ore deposits exhausted the fields of both the areas are
abandoned without any trace of development leaving huge craters as their legacy.
Now craters accumulate water, resulted in the breeding grounds for malaria,
which has become scourge for the poor tribals.
Tatas have never looked back to barren tracts of Gorumahisani and Badampahar
and now it is one of the most deprived zones of the state.
Similar will be fate of entire mineral bearing areas of Orissa, when after 20
years all its chrome and iron ore will be exhausted , predict experts of the
industry.
Earlier Orissa paid for the development of Jamshedpur and now experts say the
state will continue to pay for development of Calcutta.
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