Noose Around Necks, Lying On Pyres: Women Protest Against Million Dollar Ken-Betwa Project

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In Madhya Pradesh's Panna district, villagers and tribal residents are staging dramatic protests, lying on their own funeral pyres, standing in knee-deep water with ropes around their necks, against the Ken–Betwa river-linking project, the first major link under India's ambitious national river-connectivity project. For more videos subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NDTVProfitIndia Visit NDTV Profit for more news: https://www.ndtvprofit.com/ Don't enter the stock market unaware. Read all Research Reports here: https://www.ndtvprofit.com/research-reports Follow NDTV Profit here Twitter: https://twitter.com/NDTVProfitIndia , https://twitter.com/NDTVProfit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ndtvprofit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ndtvprofit/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NDTVProfit/

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