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The NHRC will hold an open inquiry on July 28 into alleged police excesses against farmers protesting an ethanol plant at Pedda Dhanwada. The Commission has directed the Telangana government to facilitate depositions and submit an action taken report within a week

Farmers and villagers in Pedda Dhanwada, Jogulamba Gadwal, have intensified protests against a proposed ethanol factory over fears of environmental pollution, water scarcity, and agricultural damage. The factory’s secretive resumption of work has triggered widespread outrage and political support.

People in the surrounding villages staged protests demanding the administration to stop the construction of the factory by cancelling the licenses issued so far.

Talasani acknowledged that his son was one of the eight directors of a distillery company near Rajahmundry but had resigned from the position in 2016.

The protest by residents of Dilawarpur mandal headquarters, Gundampalli Mukundapur, Samundarpalli villages, was intensified on Tuesday with a day-long rasta-roko in Dilawarpur mandal centre

Members of the delegation told the media that the protest was temporarily called off.

The villagers belonging to Dilawarpur mandal headquarters, Gundampalli Mukundapur, Samundarpalli villages staged the protest on the busy Nirmal-Bhiwandi stretch of the Maharashtra national highway since morning

The Collector said that a report on the protests by farmers belonging to Dilawarpur, Gundampalli and surrounding villages against the establishment of the factory and their apprehensions was submitted to the CM office

The Collector Abhillasha said that a report on protests of farmers against establishment of an ethanol factory in Dilawarpur mandal centre, was sent to the office of the Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy

Police said that cases were registered against 23 farmers for causing inconvenience to the public by staging a sit-in on the national highway, vandalizing the vehicle of Nirmal RDO Rathna Kalyani, detaining her and obstructing her duties at the time of the protest

Angry villagers protesting against the proposal to set up an ethanol factory staged a protest on Nirmal-Bhainsa highway and attempted to set fire to the RDO's vehicle

Forest minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy demanded the management of an ethanol manufacturer to withdraw its decision to establish a plant on the residential area in Dilawarpur mandal centre.