Shiv Sena (UBT) to launch agitation against refinery in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has decided to launch an agitation against a proposed petroleum refinery at Barsu village in Maharashtra’s coastal Ratnagiri district amid protests against the project by local residents.

A decision to this effect was taken on Tuesday at a meeting of Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs called by party president Thackeray in Mumbai. The meeting was called to take a stand on the multi-billion project and decide the future course of action.

The decision was taken on a day when the Ratnagiri police arrested 111 people, most of them women, during a protest against the proposed refinery, an official said.