Villagers disrupt work at kishanganga project

A protest was held by residents of Kralpora village near Bandipora in north Kashmir on Tuesday temporarily halting the ongoing work at the Kishanganga hydroelectric project. They were demanding jobs for members of the families of the affected farmers. Residents had been protesting for the past few days, but the agitated villagers entered the site of the power project on Tuesday forcing the work to stop, reports said. The protesters mostly included those from the 163 families whose land has been acquired by the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for…

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