Bara Thermal Power Project is 92.53% owned by Jaypee Group of Industries. The project is situated at Bara in Allahabad district of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The first phase of 1980 MW is expected to commence operations in 2014. The second phase of a 3300 MW thermal power plant is under construction [1] Some land owners, whose land was acquired for the project, were reportedly sitting on fast demanding better compensation for their agricultural land. The farmers claimed the company had promised job to one person of every family, whose land was being acquired, but it had not been fulfilled. Protesters went on a rampage damaging police vehicles to protest against land acquisition policies in January 2011. The agitators also alleged one farmer was killed in police firing, a charge denied by the Uttar Pradesh government [2]. Protesters had damage worth Rs 1 crore to the company after they smashed computers, vehicles and damaged the mess and other facilities. The protesters are demanding jobs in the project and a rehabilitation allowance of Rs 62,500 which is given to labourers displaced by a project. Apprehending more trouble, the company shifted some of the equipment to nearby Madhya Pradesh [3] |