Months after tribal man killed for protesting rail expansion in Odisha’s Rourkela, threat of displacement still looms

Months after tribal man killed for protesting rail expansion in Odisha’s Rourkela, threat of displacement still looms

Eto Ekko’s grave at the place of agitation where he was killed. Photo: Nikita Jain/Maktoob Passing through the municipality of Rourkela, located in the western district of Odisha’s Sundargarh, one would only see huge industries, buildings, malls and roads with fancy footpaths. However, beyond that is a struggle taking place for decades, but it is invisible in the mainstream. Rourkela is famously known as Odisha’s “Steel City” (Ispat Nagar) due t…