Meanwhile hundreds of villagers from the Narmada valley and the surrounding area are walking towards Dhadgaon where an indefinite Dharana starts to demanded that the Government of Maharashtra must initiate a dialogue with the people and answer their questions . The indefinite sit in at Dhadgaon is to protest against the suppression of the real issues through the police actions against the satyagrahis who have been challenging the increase in back water due to the Sardar Sarovar dam. This is not at all a law and order problem but the situation has arisen due to the wrong policies and actions regarding the dam and displacement on the part of Maharashtra rulers. It is the question of tribals rights. The people arrested are demanding that the Government stop cat and mouse games with them of arresting and releasing and rearresting.
People are serious on their demand and their resolve.
The State Government cannot shrink from its responsibility by hiding behind the police. They demanded that the Chief Secretary or some such functionary of the State Government must come to Dhadgaon where the people were detained and answer their questions. On the other hand, the increase in water in the Narmada had entered the lowest house of the village Jalsindhi and its satyagraha house where more than a hundred people including Luharia, Bawa Muharia, and others have been sitting in 1 to 1.5 feet of water since yesterday afternoon. It is important to note that this is just the starting of submergence in MP where more than 193 villages are to be submerged, consisting of 33,000 families. The Madhya Pradesh Government has not yet given land to a single family in its state.