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30,000 farmers demand Hirakud dam water

Western Orissa is witnessing an upheaval. In the eye of the storm is the Hirakud dam. Over 300,000 farmers dependent on its water for irrigation are indignant that industries springing up around the dam are sucking away the water they had been waiting for. They are out, in increasing numbers, holding rallies and meetings. richard mahapatra and ranjan panda report from Hirakud and Bhubaneswar that the Naveen Patnaik government's industrialization drive has run into a wall of vehement protests
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