Goa: Violence over proposed IIT campus, locals demand FIR against police
Goa: Violence over proposed IIT campus, locals demand FIR against police
Police and villagers clashed on Wednesday in Goa after protests erupted against a proposed IIT Goa campus in Sattari tehsil.
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UPDATED: January 6, 2021 20:07 IST
Villagers are opposing the proposed IIT-Goa campus claiming that it would rob away their precious lands. (Photo: India Today)
Protests against proposed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus at Shel-Melauli village in Goa s Sattari tehsil turned violent on Wednesday after locals and police clashed.
Why are locals in Goa protesting?
The IIT-Goa campus is proposed on a 10 lakh square metre area in Shel-Malauli and Guleli villages, some 50 kilometres from Panaji.
Updated Jan 06, 2021 | 21:08 IST
he ongoing protest against the proposed IIT campus at Shel-Melauli village in Goa s Sattari tehsil took a violent turn on Wednesday with the protesters hurling stones and the police responding with lathicharge. IIT Goa campus protest turn violent | Photo Credit: Representative Image
The ongoing protest against the proposed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus at Shel-Melauli village in Goa s Sattari tehsil took a violent turn on Wednesday with the protesters hurling stones and the police responding with lathicharge, officials said.
At least 12 police personnel were injured after villagers attacked them with stones this morning in the forested area outside the Shel-Melauli village.
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IIT Goa will come up, ready for discussion with protestors, says CM Pramod Sawant
People in the area have been protesting at the site over the past four months against the project and stalling work, officials said.
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PANAJI: The proposed Indian Institute of Technology campus in Sattari taluka in Goa will come up despite protests from local residents and all their demands will be discussed, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday.
He said he had toured the site in Shel-Maulim where the IIT is proposed to come up. We are ready to discuss demands of the locals. The project has not been scrapped.
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