Farmers are up in arms about the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited’s (NPCIL) action of digging a road connecting Gorakhpur village and Kajal Heri Head of Bhakra canal in Gorakhpur village where a nuclear power project is proposed to be set up. The road, which was the only link for around hundred farmers to reach their lands on tractors or any other vehicle, has now come under the land acquired by the NPCIL for setting up a nuclear power plant. Villagers, who held a demonstration against the NPCIL’s action today, alleged that the authorities had promised them that an alternate road would be set up before this was closed for traffic. However, the NPCIL, they alleged, had unilaterally closed the road by digging a pit at both ends of the road yesterday. A meeting of the farmers was held under Hans Raj Siwach, president of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti. The farmers condemned the NPCIL’s action and threatened that if the road was not repaired and opened for the farmers within two days, they would be left with no option but to launch an agitation. Farmer Satbir Singh, Sumit Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Pala Ram, Mohan Lal and Basau Ram alleged that the NPCIL authorities were deliberately harassing them. They alleged that the road was the only link for farmers whose nearly 250 acres of land was situated on the other side of the one acquired by the NPCIL. TR Arora, Project Director of the NPCIL for Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojna (GHAVP) said he was out of station and hence not acquainted with the development. He, however, said the NPCIL was at liberty to close the road. Ram Singh Bishnoi, District Revenue Officer, said an alternative road had been proposed for the villagers.