Kalinga Times reported that residents to be affected by ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Patna tehsil have staged a dharna in front of the district collector’s office where a consultative workshop organized by ArcelorMittal on roadmap of corporate social responsibilities activities was being held.

Activists of Mittal Pratirodh Manch and All India Krishak Khet Mazdoor Sangh, who have been opposing the steel project, shouted that "Mittal go back, we do not want displacement. We will not allow the plant to come up on agricultural land. We are ready to face bullet. We want irrigation, not industries."

Mr Raghunath Das state unit secretary of All India Krishak Khet Mazdoor Sangh said that around 14,989 persons belonging to 4,000 odd families living in 17 villages are going to be displaced by the ArcelorMittal plant. He added that "We were ready to have a dialogue with the chief minister since the government is acquiring land for the plant."