<p> The farmer identified as Babbu Kushwaha, who suffered 70 per cent burns, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday at a hospital, police sources here said.<br /><br />Kushwaha and hundreds of other farmers, whose lands were acquired for the project, had been staging a dharna for the past several days demanding hike in the compensation rate. <br />A senior district official was holding talks with the agitating farmers on Friday evening when the incident occurred, police said. <br /><br />A large number of farmers from the nearby areas later blocked a state highway in protest against the incident.<br /><br />The project proposes to raise the height of the Kabrai dam and the district officials had been negotiating with the farmers for acquiring their lands.<br /><br />The entire Bundelkhand region is highly backward and lacks fertile lands. It has witnessed successive crop failures owing to scanty rains and a large number of farmers have migrated to other places looking for jobs.<br /></p>
<p> The farmer identified as Babbu Kushwaha, who suffered 70 per cent burns, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday at a hospital, police sources here said.<br /><br />Kushwaha and hundreds of other farmers, whose lands were acquired for the project, had been staging a dharna for the past several days demanding hike in the compensation rate. <br />A senior district official was holding talks with the agitating farmers on Friday evening when the incident occurred, police said. <br /><br />A large number of farmers from the nearby areas later blocked a state highway in protest against the incident.<br /><br />The project proposes to raise the height of the Kabrai dam and the district officials had been negotiating with the farmers for acquiring their lands.<br /><br />The entire Bundelkhand region is highly backward and lacks fertile lands. It has witnessed successive crop failures owing to scanty rains and a large number of farmers have migrated to other places looking for jobs.<br /></p>
