Hundreds of farmers belonging to the Kujang area staged a demonstration followed by a protest meeting in front of the Kujang tehsil office on Saturday to press for fulfilment of their 22-point charter of demands.
The farmers under the banner of the Paradip Silpa Khatigrastha Milita Krushak Mancha alleged that about 20,000 acre land have been sacrificed by farmers of Kujang, Ersama and Paradip surrounding villagers for making of Paradip an industrial hub, but the land givers are yet to receive their due compensation and industrial displacement rehabilitation packages properly.
“The industrial houses have ignored the promises made by them during the pre-land acquisition drive”, said Mancha secretary Babu Ram Chudhury.
The Manch leaders further threatened to launch intense agitation if the industrial houses do not provide compensation and benefits. Former MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai, Ex-MlA Bijaya Nayak, Samajbadi Party State president Ravi Behera, Congress leaders Pramod Jena and Santosh Das, BJP leader Birendra Biswal and CPI leader Ravindra Samal participated in the stir. They later submitted a memorandum addressing to the Chief Minister to the Kujanga Tehsildar.