India, Dec. 3 -- Several people, including police personnel, were injured on Wednesday during a clash between villagers protesting the expansion of a South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) coal mine and security forces in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district, police said.

Residents of Parsodi Kala were opposing the Amera extension of the coal project, though the land acquisition process was completed in 2016, Surguja additional collector Sunil Nayak said.

"Administrative officials and police teams reached the spot after being alerted," he said.

Nayak said that while some villagers had accepted compensation at the time of land acquisition, many others refused and continued to oppose mining activity.

Leelavati, one of the protestors from Pa...