Violent clashes between villagers and police over proposed IIT-Goa campus
Hundreds of protesters, including women, blocked roads when government surveyors arrived in the village to conduct survey and demarcate land for IIT. Tribal ppl of malauli village in Goa resisting the forceable take over of their land to situate an IIT (Image Source: Twitter/@FFFIndia)
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Updated: Jan 6, 2021, 05:35 PM IST
Residents of Melauli village in North Goa on Wednesday clashed with the police during protests against proposed IIT-Goa campus project. Villagers had set up a human chain at the entrance to the site about 50 kms from the state capital of Panaji, when police lobbed tear gas shells at the villagers.