Hundreds of farmers from Dadri in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, whose land was acquired for building a gas-based Reliance power project, staged a dharna here on Friday to protest against what they alleged was the forcible acquisition of fertile land.
They have demanded that the land be returned to them and an alternative site in Dadri allotted for the mega power project.
About 2,500 acres had been acquired for the power project, and the notification for the same was issued by the Samajwadi Party regime of Mulayam Singh in 2004.
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