JALANDHAR: The groundswell of support to oppose the Mattewara industrial project might have surprised many and pushed the Punjab government to scrap the project, but it was the result of a sustained battle by a few dozen activists for the past two years.
A motley combination of urbanites and rural folks; farmers, white-collar executives and business owners; economically well-off supporting those making both ends meet; young and old; students to Army veterans; social and political activists, had the tenacity to hold their ground for these two years.
