Ahead of JSW Utkal Steel Limited public hearing scheduled to be held at Gadakujanga on December 20, a few senior officials of the company accompanied by local PR members and pro -industry people visited the proposed project site at Gadakujanga and Nuagaon villages on Wednesday and held direct interaction with locals.
The visiting JSW officials included Deputy Managing Director Binod Goyel, Odisha head Ranjan Das, Vice President Satya Kumar Mallick, Human Resources Officer Subash Parida, Zilla Parishad Member Itishree Bhuyan.
Pro- industry leaders Tamil Pradhan, Rajendra Behera, Narayan Chandra Jena and many others were present.
During interaction with local people, the company officials clarified that the project will come up after considering locals' issues and fulfillment of their demands. The company will take utmost care to satisfy people before launching the project, said Deputy MD Goel. He also visited local Mahavir temple in Nuagaon and Kunjabihari temple in Gadakujanga and performed worship. On the other hand, the anti-project groups have started their home works holding meetings in Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Balitutha Panchayats. They have decided to oppose the JSW project citing it will jeopardise their livelihoods and create serious environmental hazards. They demand immediate cancellation of the JSW public hearing scheduled for December 20.