VADODARA: Rajpipla police arrested 10 persons including nine locals for staging a protest and resorting to sloganeering on the banks of river Narmada during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the

(SoU) in

.

Ahead of PM's visit to SoU marking the first anniversary and birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on Thursday, prominent rights and tribal activists were picked up by the cops.

According to the activists, the cops had detained a total of 58 persons including 40 women, 10 men and eight tribal activists on Wednesday, a day ahead of PM's visit.

While the women, who hailed from Kevadiya, were released on Thursday evening, the activists were kept under detention till Friday afternoon.

"Ten others against whom an offence was registered on Thursday evening are still lodged at Rajpipla police station," said environment activist Rohit

.

"After they were granted bail by the district court, ten persons were taken to Garudeshwar magistrate for bail under sections 107 and 151 of the Indian Penal Code. This was deliberately delayed so as to keep them in police lock-up for one more night," said another activist Krishnakant from Surat.

The activists have been protesting against tourism related projects, which they say are being undertaken in 'gross violation' of section 24 of Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act.

"Gujarat High Court has ordered 'status quo' in the matter. The 72 villages around Sardar Sarovar Project are covered by schedule V and therefore subject to Panchyats Extension to Scheduled Area Act, where anything that government seeks to do cannot be without the consent of the village gram sabha," the activists said.