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POLICE CRACK DOWN ON JAL SATYAGRAHA PROTESTERS IN HARDA, KHANDWA DISTRICTS IN MP

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http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/police-crack-down-on-jal-satyagraha-protesters-in-harda/article3889396.ece

from the Hindu

PIC 1.SOLE OF THE NATION: Blisters on the feet are all that these villagers in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh are left with after 13 days of ‘jal satyagraha’ demanding land as compensation and reduction in the height of the Indira Sagar dam on the Narmada.

PICTURE 2. Senior activist Chittaroopa Palit of NBA being moved from the satyagrah site forcibly\

For 17 Days dam affected people of the Omkareshwar project (Khandwa) and of the Indira Sagar project (Harda) had been offering jal satyagraha by standing in neck deep water, demanding proper rehabilitation, compensation and a reduction in the level of dam waters.

Omkeshwar oustees had ended their jal satyagraha 'victorious' after the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government accepted all their demands but in Harda People continued jal satyagraha in waters o f Indira Sagar dam, after the government rejected their demands of rehabilitation and a reduction of dam waters from 262 to 260 meters.

NBA to file contempt petition as per orders of the MP High Court, upheld by the Supreme Court, the water level of the Indira Sagar dam has to be kept at 260 meters.

similar jal satyagraha had been taken up by citizens protesting against Kudankulam Nuclear Power plant by forming a human chain in the ocean in the coastal areas in Tamilnadu..