Hundreds of tribal people against the proposed DeochaPachami coal mine project on Sunday resumed their indefinite protest that had been put on hold for the past two days after a nineme¬mber team of protesters met chief minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna on April 13.
The Birbhum Jamee, Jeebon, Jeebika O Prakriti Bachao Mahasabha, a resistance group comprising tribal people of over 30 villages of Deocha Pachami area, had been leading the protest against the proposed mine from February last week, after police arrested some Calcuttabased activists, including Leftist economist Prasenjit Bose, who had stood by them.
On April 14, some Mahasabha members had a change of heart after meeting Mamata the day before, as she told them she would not force the project on villagers if most of them were unwilling but nevertheless it would be exe¬cuted on government land.
