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Mevani also said that the situation in villages is tense Mevani also said that the situation in villages is tensebecause of this, but the government is still not ready to acton demands put up by Dalit community members. "Dalits being beaten up, either for disposing or notdisposing carcasses, has angered them against the stategovernment which is still not ready to accept our demands,including allotment of land to SC/ST, among others," he said. Mevani said the community will hold a mass gathering inAhmedabad on September 14 wherein ‘rail roko’ campaign willbe planned. He also said that as part of the ongoing protest, Dalitswill gherao the office of sub-divisional magistrate, if landallotted to Dalits by the state government at Sarodavillage in Dholka taluka of Ahmedabad in 2006 — which isstill under alleged illegal possession of upper caste membersof the village — is not given back in the possession of legaloccupants within five days. PTI KA PD GKDV