| Down To Earth senior editor Richard Mahapatra reports >> |
About 600 armed policemen have been deployed in the two villages. Residents supporting the project also want the land acquisition to stop after a meeting on May 17. They say they have not received any compensation, even though Odisha government claims otherwise.
The state is paying Rs 11,000 per decimal (1 decimal= 40.46 square metres) of vine as compensation.
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