The BJD on Monday said it would hold a token protest at various railway stations to stop Chhattisgarh-bound goods trains for half an hour on August 3 to protest against construction of barrages upstream the Mahanadi in the neighbouring State.
"We will stop all goods trains to Chhattisgarh at different railway stations and hold a relay strike at the Central Water Commission office here on August 3 demanding an impartial probe into the Chhattisgarh's secret ploy against Odisha's interest," said party general secretary Debi Prasad Mishra, spokesperson Pratap Keshari Deb and WODC Chairman Kishore Kumar Mohanty at a Press meet here.
They alleged that the Chhattisgarh Government has shown false information before the Centre regarding its construction of barrages on the Mahanadi.
Mishra said Odisha has the absolute right to be consulted before clearing any project on the Mahanadi, be it for irrigation or power generation. They too informed that party would announce a fact-fining team to visit barrage sites in Chhattisgarh on August 5.