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Activists posing as cleaning staff, unfurl banner on Essar House
Updated On: 23 January, 2014 11:52 AM IST | | A Correspondent
<p>Greenpeace activists pretending to be cleaning staff pulled the stunt on the company’s Mahalaxmi office, accusing it of trying to destroy forests and natural resources in Madhya Pradesh</p>
Energy and steel major Essar was ambushed by NGO Greenpeace, when the latter draped the company’s headquarters in Mumbai with a banner that read: “We Kill Forests Essar.” The banner, measuring 36 ft x 72 ft, also had pictures of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Environment Minister Veerappa Moily.
The activists were protesting against the proposed destruction of forests in Singrauli district. Essar Power has been allotted coal blocks in Mahan. Pic/AFP
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