The story so far:
On January 14, Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district administration used 12 platoons of armed police personnel to facilitate the demolition of betel vineyards so that all 3,000 acres of land can be cleared for the establishment of a mega steel project proposed by industrialist Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Group near the port town of Paradip. Residents of Dhinkia village – the epicentre of the anti-steel plant movement – have opposed the demolition bid.
