Activists and academicians here alleged on Sunday that they were not allowed to visit Dhinkia village, the epicentre of protests against the establishment of a mega steel plant in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district, and meet villagers.
Amidst raging controversy over protesters being subjugated and intimated, activists and academicians had tried to meet Dhinkia’s villagers on Saturday. However, it is alleged that they were waylaid by residents of other villages at the behest of the Jagatsinghpur district administration and the company’s supporters.
The JSW Group, led by industrialist Sajjan Jindal, has proposed to set up a 13.2 mtpa capacity steel plant at an estimated investment of around ₹55,000 crore on the land acquired previously for a South Korean steel major’s unsuccessful steel project.
