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Article

25 Oct 2007

Author:
Randeep Ramesh, Guardian [UK]

Poor but defiant, thousands march on Delhi in fight for land rights

Mr Rajagopal says there is a rising tide of violence in the country as the poor "are being driven out of villages and slums in cities". In the country's rush to industrialise, he adds, "we've seen alarming examples of outsiders seizing land on vast scales while the local rural poor are denied land. The result will be bloodshed and violence on a massive scale unless the government acts".