Agitators ask Patnaik government to withdraw project from locality

Hundreds of villagers staged a rally at Gobindpur village of Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district on Monday to reiterate their strong opposition to a fresh move by the Naveen Patnaik government to acquire land for the proposed Posco mega steel plant project. The villagers, who gathered at Dhinkia village despite heavy rains, told the administration and the company to refrain from making attempts to create divisions among the villagers.