Mining operations hit in Odisha, Oram visits protest site
ROURKELA: Coal production and transport at three mines of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) in Hemgir block of Sundargarh district remained disrupted for the second consecutive day due to hunger strike by locals, who are demanding immediate repair of the Bankibahal-Taparia road.
On Wednesday, Sundargarh MP Jual Oram along with Sundargarh, Talasara and Rengali MLAs-Kusum Tete, Bhawani Bhoi and Nauri Nayak visited the agitation site at Chhatabar near Bileimunda. Oram’s representative Bisikesan Sha and Tete’s representative Saroj Pangirahi are sitting on indefinite hunger strike for the last week. As their health has been deteriorating, Oram persuaded them to convert their agitation to a relay hunger strike.
