Video. Indian villagers stage ‘water funerals’ to protest river-linking project
- Updated: 22/09/2026 - 20:00 GMT+2 Farmers and tribal villagers in central India staged symbolic “water funerals” to protest a major river-linking project they say threatens their homes, land and livelihoods.
- Indian farmers and tribal villagers staged symbolic “water funerals” in Madhya Pradesh to protest the Ken-Betwa River Link Project.
- Protesters lay on funeral pyres placed in the water, covered themselves in mud and stood in the river with nooses around their necks.
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- Updated: 22/09/2026 - 20:00 GMT+2 Farmers and tribal villagers in central India staged symbolic “water funerals” to protest a major river-linking project they say threatens their homes, land and livelihoods.
- Indian farmers and tribal villagers staged symbolic “water funerals” in Madhya Pradesh to protest the Ken-Betwa River Link Project.
- Protesters lay on funeral pyres placed in the water, covered themselves in mud and stood in the river with nooses around their necks.
Sources: Euronews