PATNA: More than 300 farmers of Banarpur village in Bihar's Buxar on Thursday assembled for ‘mahapanchayat’, where a protest demanding adequate compensation for land acquired for a project-related to Chausa thermal plant turned violent.
A total of 309 farmers' land is being taken for rail corridor and water pipeline projects of the thermal plant, which is being built by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam.