India's poorest march on Delhi to demand land rights

2012-10-05 61

Tens of thousands of India's poorest people are on a monthlong march to Delhi to demand the government provide land for the country's dispossessed.

The protest set out from Gwalior in Madya Pradesh and will cover 350 kilometres to the capital.

According to the United Nations 170 million Indians live in slums under threat of displacement, harassment and arrest.

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