India, May 16 -- Chaos reigned in South Mumbai as police intercepted a protest by mango and cashew farmers, who were to march from Girgaon Chowpatty to Varsha, the chief minister's bungalow, on Friday afternoon.

The farmers, who had arrived from the Konkan, were highlighting massive crop losses due to climate change. They are also unhappy with the state government's compensation of Rs.22,000 per hectare.

Around 30 minutes before the march was to start, police detained farmer leader Raju Shetti, Congress state president Harshwardhan Sapkal, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former MP Vinayak Raut, among others supporting the march, even as farmers threw mangoes at the law-enforcers.

Heavy police deployment along Marine Drive, at Girgaon Ch...