Bokaro, Dec. 9 -- Tensions escalated in Bokaro on Tuesday as residents and Dhanbad MP Dhullu Mahto clashed over the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in the district.
The disagreement intensified when the displaced families burned an effigy of the MP, accusing him of sympathising with encroachers at their expense.
The Bokaro district administration, along with officials of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL), has been actively removing encroachments as part of the airport expansion project and other development-related clearances across Bokaro Steel City. Several structures have already been cleared, and the process is continuing in other areas.
While the administration maintains that the encroachments must be removed to facilitate infrastructure dev...