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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Faryal Rumi | TNN

Bihar farmers hold mahapanchayat over land acquisition in Buxar where protest turns violent

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.

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