Thirty-five years ago, the state government had promised to allocate 1 acre of land to each of the 860 farmers who were displaced because of land acquisition for the Pawna dam in Pune district. All that was required for the government was to identity 860 acres of land in the …
Thirty-five years ago, the state government had promised to allocate 1 acre of land to each of the 860 farmers who were displaced because of land acquisition for the Pawna dam in Pune district. All that was required for the government was to identity 860 acres of land in the …
A farmers’ agitation over supplying water from the Pawna Dam to the twin industrial towns of Pimpri Chinchwad turned violent on Tuesday with four protesters, including one woman, being killed following police firing. The incident occurred around 1.30 in the afternoon today near the town of Bahur, around 55 km …