Chatra: A written complaint was filed with police against senior officials of the NTPC accusing the latter of demolishing 10 houses in Tandwa.
On Oct 18, JCB machines razed 10 houses built on raiyati land in Raham village of Tandwa, where NTPC is constructing a thermal power plant. House owners alleged that neither any notice was served to them nor were they paid any compensation.
The villagers have given a written complaint to Tandwa police station accusing NTPC’s executive director Asim Kumar Goswami, project head Tajendra Gupta and Sohail Khan for the demolition.
One of the villagers, Lakshman Tiwary, said: “My eight-room house was demolished. I had used my hard-earned money to construct the building.”
Sources in the police department said that the villagers’ version was corroborated when Tandwa circle officer Anup Kachchp went to the village to investigate the matter. No FIR has, however, been lodged in this case till now.
Simaria subdivisional officer Sudhir Kumar Das told TOI that NTPC was working on a plan to compensate the affected villagers. “If the differences do not get solved amicably, then we will have to pursue the matter based on the complaint filed by the villagers,” he said.