Answer:
Yes;
it is another instance of the resistance of the tribal to losing their lands to
industrialisation. The Tata Group has contracted with the Government of Odisha
to set up a giant steel plant in Kalinganagar area. As the tribals living in
this area would have lost their land and their livelihoods would be threatened,
they revolted. On 2nd January, 2006 in a police firing incident, 13
tribals were killed. Subsequently, when their bodies were being handed over to
their relatives, it was found that palms of five tribals had been chopped off
(for identifying them by fingerprinting) by the doctors conducting the
postmortems on them.
The above controversy has affected the setting up of this steel plant and
also the industrialisation in Odisha overall.
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