After the opponents, the pro-dam farmers have also voiced their disagreement. About 200 farmers protested on Thursday 17 against the blocking of Sivens dam project. Gathered at noon in Saint-Nauphary (Tarn-et-Garonne), farmers were then taken in procession site management Sivens near Lisle-sur-Tarn (Tarn). They then organized a snail operation on the secondary road 999 towards the Tarn, causing large caps. Their tractors, banners displayed “Sego vane, zadistes (militants occupying the site, Ed) jihadists, angry peasants” or “yes to Sivens.”
Opponents of the dam also attended by tens . In turn, they felt that this event showed that the National Federation of Farmers’ Unions (FNSEA) “refused to enter into a compromise” desired by the Minister of Ecology, Segolene Royal. Sivens Opponents and supporters of the dam are also expected on Friday at the Department of Ecology to agree on an alternative to the dam. Three projects have already been defined by experts.
To frame the event, significant gendarmerie forces were deployed for the occasion. Nearly 250 men, according to the Tarn gendarmerie group, mobilized to prevent contact between farmers FNSEA and “zadistes.”
The event did not result in overflows. Only a few farmers tried to pass the dams but is quickly arrested by police. E etween 15 and 17 hours, sixty farmers remained around the site before leaving the scene without incident.
The dam project was suspended shortly Sivens after death on 26 October of the environmentalist Rémi Fraisse, killed during clashes on site by an offensive grenade thrown by the police. Since then, dozens of environmentalists occupy the site.
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