Medha Patkar stable

NASIK, APRIL 4. The condition of the fasting Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms. Medha Patkar and two of her colleagues, who were rushed to a civil hospital at Dhule yesterday, was stable and `satisfactory,' official sources here said today. They were given liquid diet and also administered saline.

Ms. Patkar and her colleagues, Mr. Mahendrasingh Pawra and Vesta Pawra had been on fast in front of the neighbouring Nandurbar district collectorate to demand joint survey of the land claimed to be available for resettlement of the Sardar Sarovar Dam oustees by the Maharashtra Government.

Over 186 tribals including 32 women, who were detained yesterday along with Ms. Patkar and her two colleagues, were sent to Navapura and Khandbara jails, sources said.

Hundreds of affected people from Maharashtra villages had been on an indefinite dharna for their various demands from March 27 in front of the Nandurbar collectorate.

Ms. Patkar and her two colleagues began an indefinite fast there from March 30. Meanwhile, police in Nasik said the situation in Nandurbar, after detention of the NBA leader and others, was ``normal'' and ``peaceful.''

- PTI

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