There has been no significant progress since then in the project, the largest foreign direct investment in India, due to local opposition.

Over 20,000 people from around 15 villages, including Dhinkia, Gada Kujanga and Nuagaon, are protesting the project, saying it will displace them and ruin their betel leaf farming. Posco, however, says the proposed plant would affect only 500 families but create thousands of jobs instead.