Two cases of violence in Madhya Pradesh over water tiff

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh’s water crisis, caused by prevailing intense heat wave conditions, seems to be getting worse.

A youth, identified as Dharmendra Sharma, was attacked with baseball bats by some people in a locality in district headquarters of Gwalior, over a water dispute. He sustained grave head injuries and was battling for his life in a local hospital, police said on Saturday. In Indore, a posh colony witnessed a  violent clash between two groups over water, leading to injuries to two men, the police said.

This was the second such incident witnessed in the city in the last two days.

Earlier, the driver of a water tanker was attacked by locals for 'overlooking' their area while supplying water in the locality. State home minister Bala Bachhan, however, said the situation was not as grave as it was being projected.