MORIGAON, May 19: Following protests by tribals, the Assam government has shelved an ongoing survey work to develop a ‘satellite township’ near the Tata semiconductor project in Morigaon district of the state, said an official order.
The Tiwa and Bodo community people have been protesting for the last three days against the proposed township comprising Sindhisar, Naldhara and Bihita villages near Jagiraod, and were demanding an immediate halt to the project.
Morigaon District Commissioner Anamika Tewari, in a public notice, said that, considering objections from different organisations against the satellite township, the administration has immediately cancelled the survey work.
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The district administration was carrying out the survey in the Tiwa villages to prepare a relocation and rehabilitation proposal, she added.
The government’s plan to set up the township created resentment among the tribal people of the area.
The All Tiwa Students’ Union (ATSU) and other tribal organisations resorted to protest rallies during the last three days against the proposed eviction of those three villages in Gobha tribal belt for establishing the satellite township in the area.
The organisations have demanded full cancellation of the township project, not just the survey works.
With an investment of Rs 27,000 crore, the upcoming facility of Tata Electronics’ Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) is expected to produce up to 48 million semiconductor chips per day, employing advanced packaging technologies like flip chip and Integrated System in Package (ISIP). (PTI)
