STRUGGLES have taken place in this district on the follow­ing issues : (i) corruption of block officials and officials of the Konar dam project, (ii) police highhandedness, (iii) mini­mum wages, (iv) fair compensation for land taken over for the purpose of constructing canals, (v) jobs for local people, (vi) encroachments by the Forest Department on the peasants’ rights, and (vii) land and crops.

Such struggles have been launched against block and dam project officials, the police, contractors, forest department, Sahukars and landlords. Demonstration, gherao, strike and beating have been the main forms of struggle.