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Maha govt should hold dialogue with local villagers opposing refinery: Sharad Pawar

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: April 26, 2023 14:26 IST

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said the Maharashtra government should hold a dialogue with local villagers who ...

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar said the Maharashtra government should hold a dialogue with local villagers who are opposing a refinery project in the coastal Ratnagiri district.

If the issue was not resolved even after that, an alternative site should be found, he said. Pawar spoke to reporters here after state industries minister Uday Samant met him to discuss the issue.

Residents of Barsu village in Ratnagiri district’s Rajapur tehsil, more than 400 km from Mumbai, are up in arms against the project and the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress, the NCP’s allies in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition, are supporting them.

Pawar said his party did not oppose development projects in Konkan, but finding out the opinion of the locals was a must. The government needs to find out why the locals are angry having a dialogue with them is the only solution. If the matter is not resolved through a dialogue, an alternative site should be found, the former Union minister said.

Industries minister Uday Samant who met me assured that a dialogue will take place tomorrow. Yesterday only soil testing was being done at the site, he further said. NCP leaders will visit the site and talk to the locals, Pawar added.

Samant, who is the guardian minister of Ratnagiri district, told reporters that the women protestors detained at the project site have been released. The government will speak to the villagers, he added.

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