The construction work of 1320 MW thermal power plant Chausa under construction in Buxar has once again been disrupted. On Tuesday, the affected farmers/ Morcha agitators who have been protesting for 359 days started their dharna at the gate of Palant. The agitators had brought ration, food and water with full preparation. Due to this protest, the gate of the thermal power plant got jammed due to which hundreds of workers working there returned and the construction work could not start.
Farmers did not listen to the administration
On receiving information about the farmers sitting on dharna in front of the thermal power plant, Sub-Divisional Officer Dhirendra Kumar Mishra along with a large number of police forces reached the spot and tried to talk to the farmers but the agitators did not listen and they staged a dharna at the main gate throughout the day on Tuesday. to continue. Not a single worker could go inside the plant on Tuesday due to hundreds of agitating farmers protesting at the main gate. Due to which the construction work stopped. During this period, a large number of police forces including Sadar DSP, Chausa CO, Muffasil police station in-charge were deployed.
Movement shifted to plant gate on 359th day
Let us tell you that the eight-point demands like giving compensation at the rate of market value, implementing RNR policy, providing facilities to the affected people under Navinagar NTPC, carrying out work on the land being acquired only after getting compensation to all the ryots etc. The agitation of farmers going on near Mura Baba place under the banner of Affected Farmers Agricultural Mazdoor Morcha, Chausa (Buxar) since last 17th October is continuing for 358 days. But the agitators, upset with the evasive attitude being adopted by the administration and the company regarding the above demands of the farmers, have shifted their protest site on the 359th day to the main gate of the thermal power plant. The agitators say that until our above demands are accepted in writing, the protest site will remain at the main gate of the plant.
STPL is adopting dictatorial attitude like East India CompanyOr
The farmer speakers present in the said dharna, organized under the chairmanship of Tetri Devi and operation of Shivji Tiwari, said that being upset with the harassment of the administration and the company, they are staging a dharna at the gate of the main plant of STPL company. INTUC State General Secretary Rampravesh Singh Yadav said that STPL Company is adopting a dictatorial attitude like East India Company. The R&R policy made public by the company is completely baseless. Till date compensation has not been received for the land acquired 30 years ago for the Ganga Pump Canal. Those who are still fighting the Rayati Kisan case.
All demands of Mazdoor Morcha are legitimate: Union
On the other hand, continuous efforts are being made to forcibly take over the fertile agricultural land, residential land and commercial land located between the two state highways irrigated by the multi-cropping Ganga Pump Canal of the farmers. Ashok Tiwari, convenor of the affected Kisan Mazdoor Union, said that all the demands of the affected farmer agricultural labor morcha are justified. During this period, hundreds of farmers/laborers were present.
Coordination committee established regarding farmers’ demands
Sub-divisional officer Dhirendra Mishra, who was present on the spot, said that the administration is very positive regarding the demands of the farmers. A coordination committee has been formed by the district administration by setting up a platform to raise the problems of farmers. In which apart from farmers, STPL and administration officials are also included. The first meeting of the coordination committee has also taken place. In which it was agreed to pave the way for the construction of a thermal power plant in the interest of the country and positive talks were held with the company officials in front of the administrative officials to fulfill the promises made by the company for the development of the area.
Coordination committee meeting on 19 October
An intellectual group of farmers included in the coordination committee had recently participated in the meeting organized in the Collectorate Auditorium and had said that there should be a meeting of the coordination committee once again on October 19 in which the officials of the thermal power plant should tell about the promises made by them. What have they done? Movement is everyone’s right. Anyone can protest peacefully for their rights. We cannot stop this. There should be room for dialogue in any movement.
What did SDPO say?
Buxar SDPO Dheeraj Kumar said that till now everything is going on peacefully. It is hoped that in future also they will continue their protest peacefully. There has been no immediate problem yet. Magistrate has also been deployed along with the force. In future, we will appeal to the farmers that nothing will be achieved by blocking the gates. Whatever problem will be solved only through dialogue.