New Delhi: Activist Medha Patkar and several of her supporters from the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) were on Monday detained by the police when they tried to enter the Water Resources ministry to meet Minister Uma Bharati.

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The protesters had reached the national capital as part of their Narmada Sangharsh Yatra from Badwani, Madhya Pradesh.

They had been protesting for the reduction in the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam in Gujarat and proper rehabilitation of people on the banks of Narmada river.