Medha Patkar resorts to indefinite fast

MUMBAI, SEPT. 17. The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, has begun an indefinite fast against the alleged insensitive approach of the Maharashtra Government on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people and providing them with basic amenities such as health and education.

Ms. Patkar was joined by six others in her fast. Their demands include the implementation of the Daud Committee report, which was formed to study the plight of the affected people. They also demanded that land rights be granted to the people immediately.

Ms. Patkar along with others shifted the site of `dharna' from the Azad Maidan to near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Mantralaya in south Mumbai.

The Chief Minister, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, has promised to have a meeting with the NBA delegation on Wednesday, sources said.

- UNI

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