Data centre row: farmers stage protest as police detain CPM leaders
Police detained CPM leaders in Anandapuram as they attempted to join a protest by farmers affected by a proposed Google Data Centre project. The farmers claim the government has failed to provide promised compensation and land rehabilitation.
Why it matters
The conflict highlights tensions between industrial development projects and the rights of local landholders.
Tensions escalated in Anandapuram mandal on Monday as police detained CPM leader and former GVMC corporator B. Ganga Rao and Bheemili zone CPM secretary R.S.N. Murthy, preventing them from attending a meeting convened by farmers affected by the proposed Google Data Centre project in Tarluvada village.
The framing emphasizes the farmers' grievances and the 'illegal' nature of the detention as described by the CPM.
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