-The Hindustan Times The 16-day-old Jal Satyagraha, organized by farmers displaced by Omkareshwar Dam ended on Monday. The state government accepted all the demands of the agitationists. The displaced farmers were demanding reduction of water level in the dam, land for land and monetary compensation. "We have agreed to bring down the water level of dam to 189 metres and to compensate the farmers' land. It will, however, affect irrigation in...

-The Hindu After standing in waist to neck-deep water for the past two weeks as part of their Jal Satyagraha , oustees of the Omkareshwar dam project have successfully managed to make the Madhya Pradesh Government sit up and take notice. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has deputed Industries Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya and Tribal Affairs Minister Vijay Shah to tour the site of the Jal Satyagraha and work out a solution. The...

-The Hindu The Madhya Pradesh government has said the filling of the Omkareshwar dam poses no threat to human life even as the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) directed the government to ensure the safety of the protesters. The government’s statement comes in the wake of the ongoing Jal Satyagraha protest of the project affected people of the Omkareshwar dam in the East Nimaar region (Khandwa district), where oustees have been...

-PTI Some residents of Khardala village in Harda district have launched 'Jal Satyagraha' agitation by standing in the backwaters of Indira Sagar dam built here on river Narmada, to demand proper rehabilitation, sources said. Nearly 25 persons, including women, have been agitating here since yesterday by standing in water above their waist level, as the dam backwater has reached their village. The villagers are against the move of filling up the Indira Sagar...

-The Hindu As many as 250 people affected by the Omkareshwar dam project have been standing in waist-deep water since Saturday night, even as the water level continues to rise. The oustees announced their Jal Satyagraha protest last month at Ghogalgaon village in the East Nimar region against the Madhya Pradesh government’s decision to raise the water level in the dam from 189 to 193 metres. The 520-MW Omkareshwar project is one...