Amid protests by hundreds of villagers against the proposed Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Project (RRPCL) at Barsu in Rajapur taluka of Ratnagiri district in coastal Konkan region, Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday that that irrespective of a stiff resistance to the project from the local people, the Maharashtra Government would go ahead and complete the RRPL at the chosen location.
As the people from six villages in and around Borasu began to protest against the soil tests being carried out by the RRPL administration, Fadnavis said that in the light of the ongoing against agitation against the project, the question of the Maharashtra government rolling back the prestigious project did not arise.
