Vizag police deny rally permission for Green Visakha’s concerns over data centres
Visakhapatnam police denied permission for an environmental NGO to hold a procession protesting the development of hyperscale AI data centers. The group expressed concerns regarding water scarcity, groundwater depletion, and pollution associated with the projects.
Why it matters
This reflects the growing conflict between rapid technological infrastructure expansion and local environmental sustainability concerns.
A planned procession by Green Visakha, an environmental NGO, to raise concerns over proposed hyperscale AI data centres in the city was denied permission by the police on Sunday.
Residents gathered near the Bhagat Singh statue at YMCA junction around 6 p.m. for a procession from the statue to RK Beach. For nearly an hour, police personnel engaged in discussions with the gathering, during which the residents were asked not to raise banners or slogans.
Senior officials arrived at the spot and spoke with the organisers, who maintained that they intended no protest but sought only to hold a discussion and take a photograph at the statue. The police permitted the group for a photograph at the site before dispersing.
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