Villagers resume protest outside biogas plant in Bhundri

The 11-month-long protest against the biogas factory in Bhundri village of Ludhiana district, which had seen a halt due to the recent confrontation between the police and villagers today again started with huge enthusiasm.

On Sunday, the villagers staged a protest at the same place. Under the leadership of Dr Sukhdev Singh Bhundri, convener of the Struggle Committee against Cancer Gas Factories, the protesters raised slogans against the factory.

A woman protesters, Bibi Harjinder Kaur, said they would not allow the factory, which was harmful to people’s health, to be built at any cost.

Bhundri accused the administration of issuing an NOC to the factory owner without seeing the situation on the spot, which is illegal. He said even if the High Court gives a decision in favour of the factory, people would not accept it.

Sangharsh Samiti spokesperson Manjinder Singh demanded that the gas factory should also be shut down like the Zira alcohol factory.

Notably, on February 6, the police removed the protesters from outside the factory and their articles were also seized. On Friday, barricades of the police were removed by the residents.