Bhavnagar Farmer Protest

After Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat may witness a "violent confrontation" between the state administration and villagers over the issue of lignite mining by the Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) at Bhavnagar, warn farmer leaders.

About 50 farmers were today detained by the police in Gujarat as thousands of them protested against a government company taking over land at a village in the Bhavnagar district for a proposed brown coal plant. The local head of a farmers' group alleged that the police manhandled the protesters, including women and children, injuring at least five ...

After Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat may witness a "violent confrontation" between the state administration and villagers over the issue of lignite mining by the Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) at Bhavnagar, warn farmer leaders.

About 50 farmers were today detained by the police in Gujarat as thousands of them protested against a government company taking over land at a village in the Bhavnagar district for a proposed brown coal plant. The local head of a farmers' group alleged that the police manhandled the protesters, including women and children, injuring at least five ...