JSW Steel Plant: Most Villagers Support Project In Meeting Of Orissa HC Formed Committee

Bhubaneswar: More than 1,000 villagers on Saturday participated in the public consultation meeting of five-member committee, formed by the Orissa High Court to make an assessment of the ground situation at Dhinkia village, the site of the proposed JSW integrated steel plant, in Jagatsinghpur district.

The meeting was moderated by Jagatsinghpur collector and SP along with BDO and Tehsildar of Erasama. Besides, sarpanch of Dhinkia panchayat Kishore Parida and newly elected panchayat samiti member Gitanjali Bhoi were present.

The High Court advocates representing petitioners Prasant K Jena, Sukant Dalei and Omkar Devdas along with government advocates Debakanta Mohanty and Janmejay Cuttackia also attended the meeting.

The villagers from five villages of the panchayat including Pattna, Mahala, Govindpur, Trilochanpur and Dhinkia turned up at the meeting which was conducted amid deployment of police force.

More than 100 people put forth their opinions before the committee with the sarpanch giving favourable views for the proposed project. Around 15 of 100 villagers spoke against the project, while the rest supported the steel plant.