The Khandadhar Suraksha Sangram Samiti has said it would by all means protect interests of tribal people, including Paudi Bhuyans and Mundaris, of Sundargarh and Keonjhar districts and would not let the Khadadhar waterfall and mines looted by any company. The Samiti resolved this during a three-day Satyagraha held by it from January 26 to 28. While lokshakti Abhiyan State president Prafulla Samantara staged a fast agitation, members of various people’s movements and mass organisations participated in the Satyagrah. “The Khandadhar waterfall is the water source for Brahmani and Baitarani. Similarly, the Khandadhar hill range is the main livelihood source for tribilas. We have to protect both the waterfall and the mines. We would not allow any excavation work in 25-km radius of the hill range,” resolved the Samiti.