Tension again gripped the Kalinganagar Industrial Complex, the emerging steel hub in Jajpur district, after activists from the Visthapan Virodhi Jana Mancha (VVJM) clashed with supporters of the upcoming Tata Steel project.
VVJM is the organisation at the forefront of an agitation against the project.
The two groups clashed within the project site at Kalamatia when up to 15 VVJM activists, armed with traditional weapons, opposed land-levelling work that was underway.
The situation was brought under control after police forces rushed to the area, following which the agitating VVJM activists fled from the site.
Work on the steel project is continuing and no casualties have been reported. Police have deployed two platoons at the site to prevent any further incidents.
