The Khinda area of Sambalpur district has emerged a spot of bloody tussle. As per information, NLC, a Government of India undertaking, has taken a vast area in Khinda Panchayat of the district for coal exploration of Talabira 1 and 2 mines. And as per the agreement with the Government, it gave the coal transportation work to the villagers, mainly land oustees, in the first year.
But this year it has changed the practice and distributed the work to the political leaders and their supporters in ruling parties of the district.
The result being there has been widespread discontentment among the land oustees and they are also determined to resort to agitation soon. A few days back, the group which was deprived of coal transportation and those who has been assigned for the purpose came to a confrontation and the matter reached before the police. Police arrested six persons in the case and forwarded them to the court. Still then the political leaders are in their best efforts to keep the lucrative business under their control.
The company management also dare not confront the leaders as it would be impossible for them to run mining activities without their support. Even the top officials of the management were not responding to phone calls for their comments to media.