400 villagers protest against ethanol plant, protest in Raipur collectorate

Raipur. Villagers protested vigorously in front of the Raipur collector’s office on Monday in protest against the setting up of an ethanol plant in the Arang assembly constituency near the capital Raipur. The villagers say that the construction of the ethanol plant will increase pollution in the area.

About 400 villagers from Sandi village of Arang district panchayat had reached the capital by three to four buses. Accused of giving NOC by holding fake Gram Sabha by Gram Panchayat. The villagers who handed over the memorandum to the collector say that the construction of the ethanol plant will increase pollution in the rural areas. In the discussion with the media, the villagers told that the chemical factory in Arang’s Sandi is opposing the ethanol plant. Setting up of the plant will have adverse effects on human life along with the environment. Not only this, the place where the plant is being set up is a double cropped and irrigated land. Apart from this, the population of 20 to 30 thousand will be affected by pollution.