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Protest against Divi’s expansion
People from several villages in Bhimili mandal took out a rally and staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate demanding a halt to the expansion works of Divi’s Laboratories, here on Monday. The dharna culminated into a meeting which was addressed by MLC MVVS Sharma, CPM leaders Ch Narsinga Rao, B Lokanadham, YSRCP leader Gudivada Amarnath and AIDWA president B Prabhavathi.
Visakhapatnam: People from several villages in Bhimili mandal took out a rally and staged a dharna in front of the Collectorate demanding a halt to the expansion works of Divi’s Laboratories, here on Monday. The dharna culminated into a meeting which was addressed by MLC MVVS Sharma, CPM leaders Ch Narsinga Rao, B Lokanadham, YSRCP leader Gudivada Amarnath and AIDWA president B Prabhavathi.
MLC Sharma said 16,000 people living in 17 villages of four panchayats surrounding the Divi’s Laboratories have been suffering from various diseases caused by the pollution from the Divi’s factory. The entire groundwater has been polluted due to the unscientific disposal of the chemical waste.
As a result of this, the agriculture output has reduced. The management also did not provide any jobs to the locals though an assurance was given. Unemployment and pollution has been driving away the local people from the villages, Sharma said. The leaders demanded that the Divi’s management should spend the mandatory two percent of the profit for the villages development.
The company had earned a profit of Rs 847 crore in the 2014-2015 financial year. An RO plant should be established in all the affected villages and water should be supplied through alternative ways as ground sources have become polluted. The leaders also demanded that medical camps should be held once in a month in all villages since the people have been affected by the pollution.
Also demanding permanent employment to the eligible youth, YSRCP leader Gudivada Amarnath demanded the police should remove the special police camps from the villages.
