-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...

-NDTV Khandwa: The 51 protesters in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district have been sitting in water for 17 days now hoping to draw attention to their displacement by a big dam. And the government has finally taken notice of their protest; a Central team including two Secretary-level officials from the Power Ministry is likely to arrive at the protest site today, sources said. The Madhya Pradesh government, which was criticised for allegedly ignoring their...

-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...