Nagpur women tonsure their heads to protest farmland acquisition

The Hindustan Times | June 17, 2007 | Copyright

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Nagpur/Siliguri, June 17 -- The controversy surrounding the acquisition of farmlands for setting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in several parts of the country does not seem to die down.

After rocking West Bengal for months early this year, the issue has now entered Maharashtra. The government here has acquired 14 villages in Nagpur for a planned 30-billion-rupees cargo hub spread over 2,556 hectares near the airport.

But this has not gone well with the villagers. And, to mark their protest, women in Shipangaon ...

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