Ratnagiri, April 25: Protests have erupted against the proposed mega Ratnagiri Refinery and amp; Petrochemicals Project (RRPL) in Rajapur taluka with the help of Saudi ARAMCO and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the neighbourhood of the world s biggest planned Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project activists said here on Tuesday.
More than 100 women were among the protesters who tried to block a road in Barsu and Solgaon areas of the district, around 400km from Mumbai, by lying on the ground to stop government vehicles from entering the proposed site of the refinery, he said.
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
Protests have erupted against the proposed mega Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Project (RRPL) in Rajapur taluka with the help of Saudi ARAMCO and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in the neighbourhood of the world's biggest planned .