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Medha Patkar begins indefinite fast
Nasik, May 30: A day after the `warning fast` by Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists here demanding rehabilitation of people affected by Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), its leader Medha Patkar began her indefinite fast in front of the Revenue Commissioner`s office today.
Andolan leaders including Patkar had talks with Revenue
Commissioner Vijay Mathankar but no amicable settlement was
reached, Shinde said.
Around 500 NBA activists had observed the "warning fast"
yesterday but as it elicited no response from the state
government, Patkar began her indefinite fast, she added.
The permission to increase the dam's height had been
given even though the tribals were not rehabilitated, she said
and claimed that more than 1,000 families were under threat of
submergence during monsoons.
Earlier, talking to newspersons, Patkar alleged that the
state government had not considered the demands of tribals
seriously and gave the green signal for increasing the dam
height.
Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde had cheated tribals on
the issue, she alleged.
Bureau Report