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Dixit said the rehabilitation and peripheral area development committee will meet after the elections to discuss the various rehabilitation measures. It must be mentioned that Vedanta has got government clearance to expand its capacity to 6 million tonne per annum (mtpa) from the current 2 mtpa. But all of a sudden some people attacked the OISF personnel leading to the unfortunate incident," he added. "Some miscreants with vested interests created the unrest," Ajay Dixit, chief executive officer of Vedanta ( aluminium & power), said.Dixit said Vedanta will pay compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the next of kin of each of the deceased within seven days. The expansion will lead to displacement of people from the villages of Rengopali, Bandhaguda and Kotadwar..