Violence erupted after a police team was pelted with stones at Daudhan village in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, the latest flashpoint in a months-long confrontation between the administration and tribal families facing displacement because of the Ken-Betwa river-linking project — one of the Union government’s flagship water infrastructure programmes. The immediate trigger for the violence that took place on Wednesday was an anti-encroachment and demolition exercise carried out near the Daudhan dam site, where officials, accompanied by police personnel, arrived to remove houses and structures on land already acquired for the project. According to the administration, the operation targeted homes belonging to families that had already accepted compensation and relocated, as well as vacant structures standing on acquired government land. Officials said the intention was to clear the area and persuade remaining residents to vacate voluntarily. “The Ken Betwa river linking project is underway.…