After 27 hours, MLA hostel `siege´ ends as government assures of action
(WorldNews India)

Nagpur: Thousands of villagers, adversely affected due to Gosikhurd dam project, ended their 27-hour `siege´ of MLA hostel on Saturday after the state government decided to set up a committee to look into their demands on priority. The agitation, led by Achalpur MLA Bacchu Kadu, had the potential to snowball into a major law and order crisis after thousands of villagers forcibly occupied MLA hostel on Friday, leading to heavy police deployment. A marathon three-hour meeting on Saturday between Kadu and guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule finally ended the crisis as villagers agreed to a 20-day truce period to allow the government to `show results´. The committee formed by Bawankule...