Port project faces protests from locals

BALASORE: The proposed port project at Chaumukh in Baliapal may have to face fate of Paradip's Posco project over the land acquisition issue.
People under the banner of Upakula Bhitamati Surakhya Committee (UBSC) have vowed to protest till the project is withdrawn. At a meeting organised at Chaumukh by the committee on Friday antidisplacement leaders Prafulla Samantray and Kishore Dash said despite the Supreme Court verdict against utilisation of fertile land for nonagricultural purpose, the Naveen Government has been diverting such lands illegally to set up industrial units. "This move of the Government is unethical and it is succumbing to the corporate musings. If it doesn't step up measures to protect people's interest, mass agitation will be intensified across the State," he warned.

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