A public hearing camp for a proposed new plant of the PPl was organised jointly by the Jagatsinghpur district administration and the Odisha State Pollution Control Board in the PPl DAV School premises here on Friday.
The meeting presided over by Paradip ADM Biswajit Biswal was attended by Kujang Tehsildar Basudev Sathpathy and SPCB Paradip Regional Officer Prasant Kumar Kar. They listened to all suggestions of local people’s representatives. While 29 representatives talked in favour of the proposed Rs 9,000-crore PPl exudation plant, three protested it.
Employment to land losers and local poor, garbage management, gypsum amonia management, supply of drinking water, establishment of a super speciality hospital and forestation activities were among the main demands raised by representatives.
A BJD worker, Chitta Mishra, praised local MlA and Minister Damodar Rout and CM Naveen Patnaik at the camp without any cause. The public hearing camp held peacefully in favour of the PPl.