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Medha Patkar arrested in Bombay

Patkar has been to taken to an unknown destination by the police, NAPM activists claimed.

Leaders from constituent parties of the ruling Democratic Front, including Mrinal Gore (Janata Dal-S) and Prakash Reddy (Communist Party of India) participated in the demonstration, they said.

Earlier, the activists staged a protest, as part of a week-long demonstration against 'anti-people' projects of the government and demanded that every project undertaken by the state government be people-oriented and eco-friendly.

At the protest, Patkar said the government should involve people in every project.

''The projects are meant for people and people cannot be removed from the projects,'' she said, adding, ''this is an awareness programme for those in power and also to expose the hollowness of the rehabilitation policies that remain only on paper.''

A week-long awareness programme on the World Trade Organisation agreement is also planned from March 16 and the programme will be moving to different parts of the city, she added.

PTI

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