India, April 1 -- Locals on Tuesday protested opposing increasing pollution caused by ash pond of NTPC's Super Thermal Power Project (STPP) at Darlipali in Odisha's Sundargarh district.

Aggrieved villagers of Barobaga and Alupada, the affected villages in Sundargarh, staged a protest in front of district collectorate for the fourth time against the NTPC's ash pond.

Hundreds of women agitators under leadership of Himanshu Sekhar Sarangi, a youth leader, gheraoed the collectorate protesting NTPC's alleged monopoly and administration's negligence.

As per their allegations, the NTPC has acquired approximately 70 per cent of land at Barobaga and Alupada villages in Lephripara tehsil for Darlipali project. Instead of displacing the villa...