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Quashing of Maliparvat lease demanded

KORAPUT: Samruddha Odisha has demanded for quashing the lease of Maliparvat in Koraput district that was offered for mining of bauxite.

While addressing a rally today, Saroj Kumar Padhy, General Secretary of the party at Pottangi in Koraput district said that the entire Deomali region carried a lot of ecological significance for providing livelihood for thousands of tribals and should be spared from its destruction. Further accusing the block administration of working under pressure of an MLA and his son and a member of the Koraput Zilla Parishad, he said that progress of work was at a snail’s pace in the block .

Highlighting the plight of people in the block with the Tahsildar’s office at Pottangi, he said that the tahsildar was not able to deliver his duties properly as he was engaged in multifarious responsibilities.

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