From Chita Andolan to Jal Satyagrahas: Why the Ken-Betwa project has upset MP tribals
NEW DELHI: They first stood in the river. Then they lay beside funeral pyres. When that, too, failed to draw a response, they climbed symbolic gallows.
Over the past month, the ' Chita Andolan ' in Madhya Pradesh has transformed an otherwise local land acquisition dispute into one of the country's most striking protest movements, that was forcefully ended by the administration, citing threats to protesters due to rising water levels.
Over the past month, the ' Chita Andolan ' in Madhya Pradesh has transformed an otherwise local land acquisition dispute into one of the country's most striking protest movements, that was forcefully ended by the administration, citing threats to protesters due to rising water levels.
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