DHARANA AGAINST LATE NIGHT STONE QUARRYING WORKS
Akashya Rout,Odishabarta
Jajpur:Many villagers of Bichakhandi, Anjira, Chakradharapur and other villagers under Dharmasala block in Jajpur district continued their indefinite dharana for the third day on Monday at Bichakhandi against the illegal stone quarrying works by some stonequarry mafias.
Many quarry mafias are the responsible for the denudation of the green covered hillocks. They have been illegally lifting stones from the hillocks without getting any environmental clearance. We launched an indefinite Dharana to protest against the illegal operation of stone quarries after the authorities paid only deaf ears to our plea to close all the illegal quarries”, said Smrutirekha Pahi Congress leader and the spokesperson of Pradesh Congress Committee .The illegal stone quarry work is a major polluting industry.. Many streams and waterfalls in our areas are dying due to rampant illegal stone quarry works , said Banamali Das of Rahalapur