MARGAO
A group of residents from Curtorim, Raia and Sao Jose de Areal on Sunday evening took out a silent candlelight protest rally at Curtorim to express their solidarity with the villagers of Melauli who are agitating against the IIT project.
Deepak D’Souza informed that the spontaneous rally by the people has sent a message clear to the government authorities that what has happened at Melauli is totally unacceptable. “The silent candlelight protest was taken out to express our solidarity with the people of Melauli and to condemn the police atrocities on the hapless residents who are fighting to save their livelihood and environment,” she said.
The candlelight rally at Curtorim comes a day after representatives of several organizations took out a candlelight protest march around the Margao municipal garden on Saturday to demand scrapping of the IIT project and to withdraw the FIRs lodged against the agitating residents.
