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August 8, 2017

India: Police Arrest Medha Patkar & 11 Other Activists Fighting Sardar Sarovar Dam
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In India, nearly 2,000 police attacked an encampment of demonstrators
protesting the completion of the massive Sardar Sarovar hydroelectric
dam on the Narmada River in central India on Monday. At least 12 people
were arrested, including prominent activist Medha Patkar of the National
Alliance of People's Movements, who is on an indefinite hunger strike
against the dam. The nearly completed project threatens to submerge the
homes and villages of more than 40,000 people. It's faced decades of
resistance led by peasant farmers and indigenous adivasis, who have
lived for thousands of years on the land that would be submerged by the
mega project.


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