AMRITSAR, March 12 -- A clash broke out between farmers and police officials on Tuesday morning in two villages-Nangal Jhor and Bharath - in the Gurdaspur district over land acquisition for the Delhi-Katra Expressway, which is being constructed under the Centre's Bharatmala project.

The farmers' unions have claimed that at least seven to eight farmers have been injured during the scuffle.

As per the farmer unions, they had gathered in front of the gurdwara in Nangal Jhor village to start a sit-in against the police's attempt to forcefully acquire land for a national highway project and this led to a scuffle.

The farmers alleged that the administration had tried to acquire their land without any prior notice and offered unreasonable com...