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Hanuman Beniwal Issues Ultimatum on Waste Plant, Threatens Highway Blockade in Sri Ganganagar
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News18•30-09-2026, 19:55
Hanuman Beniwal Issues Ultimatum on Waste Plant, Threatens Highway Blockade in Sri Ganganagar
- •RLP supremo Hanuman Beniwal joined a 'mahapanchayat' at Govind Gaudham Gaushala, supporting villagers protesting a proposed waste plant in Narsinghpura Barani, Sri Ganganagar.
- •Villagers have long opposed the solid waste management plant, previously proposed in Netewala, now slated for Narsinghpura Barani.
- •Beniwal issued an ultimatum: cancel the plant or face a highway blockade and gherao of the Collectorate in Sri Ganganagar.
- •The protest against the plant has been ongoing since April, with villagers forming a struggle committee and holding various agitations.
- •Police were vigilant during the mahapanchayat, monitoring the large gathering and the villagers' firm demand to relocate the plant.
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Villagers have been protesting against the proposed solid waste management plant in Narsinghpura Barani, arguing that they do not approve of the plant being set up in their area and have held multiple agitations, sit-ins, and school closures since April.
RLP supremo and MP Hanuman Beniwal warned the government to either cancel the decision to set up the waste plant in Narsinghpura Barani or face a highway march and the subsequent gherao of the Sri Ganganagar Collectorate by villagers on the same night.
Before the administration proposed setting up the solid waste management plant in Narsinghpura Barani, the project was originally proposed to be located in Netewala.
