French Police Clash With Protestors At Farm Reservoir Site
Date
10/29/2022 6:07:18 PM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Clashes at a protest on Saturday against the construction of a
large water reservoir for farm irrigation in western France left
scores of police injured, the authorities said, reports citing .
France's worst drought on record this summer has sharpened
debate over water resources in the European Union's biggest
agricultural sector. Artificial reservoirs have been supported by
some farmers as a way to use water efficiently, but have been
decried by critics as outsized and favouring large farms.
Several thousand opponents defied a ban on protesting at the
planned reservoir in the rural district of Sainte-Soline, with
French television showing protestors roaming across fields towards
the fenced-off construction area and being repelled by tear
gas.
There were 61 injured, including 22 seriously, among the police
who were attacked with fireworks and Molotov cocktails by some
protestors, the local prefect said in a statement.
French Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau condemned on Twitter
the violence against police and criticised protestors for 'the
intention to block a project developed locally over years.'
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