Sixteen villagers demonstrated their strength in Koraput for mining on Mount Mali

Uttam Nayak,Odishabarta

 KORAPUT:A total of 14 villagers from seven panchayats staged a massive rally in Koraput town today to dig for mining in the Mali hills in the Semiliguda block of Koraput district.  From the Women’s College Square to the district attorney’s office, about 3,000 locals held placards in their hands and demanded that the area be immediately mined and that public hearings be held soon for environmental clearance.

 Mining in the Mali Mountains has claimed that the youth will be able to find employment with the development of the region.  Locals have demanded the mining of the Mali Mountains for the environmental and collective development of the region.  On the 22nd, we gathered peacefully at a public hearing on Mount Mali.  But shortly after the start of the massacre, some anti-social people attacked and attacked with machetes such as sticks, spears, firearms, and tangles.  So at the end of our lives, we were all forced to leave.

For the development of our region, the employment of unemployed youth, the development of roads, electricity and health, mining in the Mali Mountains.  “Immediately, the government should look into the issue of extradition to the country,” said Roni Bar-On, a Member of the Knesset for Kadima.  He called on the district commissioner to work for the development of the region as soon as possible by conducting a public hearing on the environment within the constitutional framework.  Additional District Magistrate Rajendra Majhi has accepted the demand letter and promised to inform the district magistrate.