Guwahati, June 26 -- Hundreds of residents from seven villages in Arunachal Pradesh's Ruksin area marched in protest on Wednesday, urging authorities to shift a silicon factory out of the Niglok Industrial Growth Centre (IGC) to a more environmentally suitable, non-residential location.

The demonstrators, led by Ruksin ZPM Aruni Jamoh and joined by members of the Adi Students' Union (AdiSU), various community leaders, and numerous local women, began their rally at the Niglok IGC playground and proceeded to the Ruksin General Ground. T

he protest was organized under the banner of the 'IGC Pollution-Affected People's Forum'.

The villagers blamed M/s Aether Alloys LLP, the company running the silicon plant, for polluting the air and nearb...