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June 14, 2005
Indian police kill 5 farmers in water protest
Water protests world wide are going to get more heated as the world realizes we can not manufacture it. This is simply an example, unfortunately, of what is rapidly becoming commonplace.
Just south of Jaipur,India, capital of the desert state of Rajasthan, witnesses say the atmosphere is tense, as five men were shot dead during a protest over water supplies on Monday, the second time since October police have killed farmers demonstrating over water. Five also died in the first incident.
Rajasthan's 56 million people live mostly off farming, supplied by wells, and parts of the state are among India's driest and most drought-prone areas, as reported by Reuters, and published by The New Zealand Herald.
Posted by Stephen Betheil at June 14, 2005 06:37 PM
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