India, July 19 -- Local police and administration brought to an end the 'Chita Andolan' (pyre protests) being held since July 3, 2026, by people affected by the Ken-Betwa Link and other projects near Kupi village in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.

At 5 am on the morning of July 19, a large number of police and administrative officials arrived at the site and took away hundreds of people-including movement leader Amit Bhatnagar-in vehicles. July 19 marked the seventeenth day of the 'Chita Andolan' and the fourteenth day of Amit Bhatnagar's hunger strike.

Divya Ahirwar, another leader of the movement, told Down To Earth (DTE) that early in the morning, a police force of approximately 2,000 to 3,000 personnel arrived in 150-200 ...