More than 200 land losers and displaced families including men and women on Monday held a rally and sat on dharna in front of the IOCL Paradip Refinery project office here under leadership of former anti-posco leader Abhay Sahoo demanding employment.
The agitators said that even if three years have passed, the IOCL authorities have ignored their legitimate demands. They pointed out that 95 per cent of the employees of IOCL Paradip are non-Odia.
They hoped that Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who is an Odia, would fulfil the demands as soon as possible.
Besides, Congress leader Bapi Sarkhel joined the dharna.
It might be mentioned here that as many as 1,252 families have handed over their lands and 352 families have been displaced from the project area.