War Over Bauxite: Tribal-Police Clash In Rayagada Village Road Project, Mahua Moitra Slams…
War Over Bauxite: Tribal-Police Clash In Rayagada Village Road Project, Mahua Moitra Slams President. Armed with traditional axes and stones, tribal villagers in Odisha’s Rayagada engaged in a violent multi-hour standoff with police to block a road project linked to a major bauxite mine. The clash, which left senior officers critically injured and forced police to resort to tear gas, marks a deadly escalation in the years-long resistance against mining in the ecologically sensitive Sijimali hills. While the administration has imposed Section 163 to restore order, the local community vows that their land will not be sacrificed for corporate bauxite extraction.
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