Surat: Police fired more than 30 tear gas shells in Doswada from the district but on Monday because around 2,000 local residents pelted stones at the bandobast police.
Some police suffered injuries and shifted to the hospital.
The tight police bandobast was installed in Doswada GIDC on Monday morning during public hearing scheduled proposed by Hindustan Zinc Ltd.
Local in Doswada protested factory settings and have submitted memorandum on its development in the area.
Holding public hearing at Covid-19 is one reason to protest by locals.
Those who participated in hearing demanded that they had to be postponed while they were outside shouting slogans with banners.
Local residents protest plants on environmental issues too.
After the District collector H K Vadhvaniya announced that the trial was postponed, some people began to throw sharply with the police.
“The police must weaken tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.
The police have suffered injuries and situations now controlled,” said Sujata Majmudar, police supervisor, but.