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Melauli imbroglio: Locals reject CM’s invite for talks

VALPOI
The agitating locals of Shel-Melauli have dismissed Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s invitation to a delegation for talks on the controversial IIT project in their village.

According to locals, Sawant had called up Shubham Shivolkar of Melauli and co-convener of the Melauli Panchakroshi Gram Bachao Andolan on Wednesday evening and had invited a 10-member delegation to Panaji on Thursday to discuss their grievances with him.

Shivolkar then put forth the chief minister’s proposal to the agitating locals and sought their opinion and they rejected the CM’s offer to interat with a 10-member delegation.

They have, instead, demanded that the chief minister visits Shel-Melauli and interacts with all the people opposed to the IIT project.

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VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT MELAULI; IIT's LOCALS VS POLICE

Tear gas used on protesters as police try to reign in protests * Force-in-khaki lathi-charge protesters, locals charge back with stones * A number of policemen and locals injured in crossfire * Reinforcement arrives for protesters as Dhamshe locals join

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Published Jan 7, 2021, 1:22 AM IST
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VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT MELAULI; IIT's LOCALS VS POLICE

VALPOIA number of policewomen and locals were injured in violent clashes between the police and locals at Shel-Melauli on Wednesday, after police fired tear gas shells and lathi charged the agitators, who retaliated by hurling stones at the police.The tense standoff between the police and locals opposing to the IIT project had begun on Tuesday after locals tried to oppose a government team from surveying the site for the IIT project and further escalated into violent clashes…

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