India: Traffic on the Rourkela-Sambalpur Biju Expressway in Odisha, was disrupted for 12hr on 19 January 2026 as protestors staged a series of blockades. Organised under the aegis of the Forum for Gram Sabha Committee, Rajgangpur (FGSCR), protestors said that they were protesting the acquisition of tribal lands by Dalmia Cement, which will form part of a quarry expansion permitted in December 2025. FGSCR president Bibol Toppo alleged that the land acquisition was carried out illegally.
106 hectares of land belonging to around 450 families in Rajgangpur and Kutra blocks were transferred to the company. Dalmia Cement reportedly began to extract overburden from 15 hectares of land, but intense protests had halted works.