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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsOfficials of Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC), which is operating two thermal power plants with a capacity of 210 MW each in the Ib valley area of the district, were driven out from Tilia village yet again on Saturday.Although the OPGC officials tried to reason out with the villagers that they had come for soil testing, the latter refused them entry.Villagers of Tilia in Lakhanpur block of the district have time and again refused to cede land for OPGC’s expansion work as they had already been displaced once by the Hirakud dam project.Earlier on February 16 last, a group of officials from OPGC who visited the village to assess green cover and calculate compensation for payment, had been driven out by angry villagers.first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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Officials of Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC), which is operating two thermal power plants with a capacity of 210 MW each in the Ib valley area of the district, were driven out from Tilia village yet again on Saturday.

Although the OPGC officials tried to reason out with the villagers that they had come for soil testing, the latter refused them entry.

Villagers of Tilia in Lakhanpur block of the district have time and again refused to cede land for OPGC’s expansion work as they had already been displaced once by the Hirakud dam project.

Earlier on February 16 last, a group of officials from OPGC who visited the village to assess green cover and calculate compensation for payment, had been driven out by angry villagers.