France on Saturday deployed 2,000 gendarmes and police to the Maurienne valley in the Alps where 2,000 activists defied a protest ban at the construction site of a high speed train linking the Lyon with Turin, in Italy.
French and Italian environmental groups say the “titanic” railway project, which involves creating a 260-kilometre tunnel system through the Alps, has already led to the drying up of several natural water sources in the area.
