September 12, 2012 1:49 PM

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MP Police evicts Jal Satyagrah protestors from agitation site

In Madhya Pradesh police have removed about one hundred agitators involved in Jal Satyagrah in Harda district. People from different villages have been demanding lowering of water level of Indira Sagar dam two meter from 262 to 260 meters. They have also demanded alternative land for their acquired land for the dam. AIR correspondent reports that administration has imposed prohibitory orders in view of agitation .The evacuation process of agitating villagers was begun in the wee hours of this morning . Security forces taken out agitators men and women from back water of the dam and admitted them at hospital for their treatment. The agitators have said that with the water level of 260 meter of the dam, they will be able to save their agricultural land . They have accused that excess water of the dam has damaged their agriculture land and they are forced to face the crisis of their livelihood. The administration has accepted fourteen demands out of sixteen and most of them are local nature. But the issue of lowering of water level is still main issue of contention. Meanwhile two days earlier the State Government has resolved the farmers agitation in Khandwa district on the same issues related with Omkareshwar dam.

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