Hazare, who is suffering from high fever, warned of another indefinite fast from August 9, the Quit India Day, if the State Government delayed suspension of those who siphoned of Rs 32.66 crore under the pretext of aid to the rain-hit and the alleged attempts at ``high-level'' to shield those involved in misdemeanours at the soil conservation office at Ahmednagar, sources closed to Hazare told The Indian Express.

The social worker has been camping at his Yadavbaba temple residence and is accompanied by a few village elders and children. Hazare, who returned from a tour of Madhya Pradesh (Hazare is an advisor to the MP State Government on watershed development) on Friday, is suffering from fever since last evening, sources said.

Hazare is pressing for action against those guilty in misappropriating Rs 32.66 crore meant for heavy rain-hit farmers. He also had written to Chief Minister Narayan Rane, Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde and Chief Secretary Arun Bongirwar about a fortnight ago informing them about his decision to resort to a renewed agitation.

``He would better end his life by renouncing food intakes,'' a distressed Hazare reportedly told his close associates in his native village after having drawn a blank from the State Government on the corruption issue.

Preparing for a voters' awareness campaign in the State scheduled to take off on Independence Day, Hazare was upset over the information he had been receiving about the alleged attempts by a section of the ruling alliance to intervene in the judicial processes in the defamation case filed against him by former Social Welfare Minister Baban Gholap, sources said.

A Mumbai court had upheld the charges against Hazare and had sent him behind bars for three months after he refused to give written bond on stopping his anti-graft crusade for two years. He was released after a fortnight by the State Government following a public outcry against the prison term for the former Supply Corps jawan. He was later acquitted.

Hazare also is planning to revive his district level anti-graft committees all over the State which he had disbanded a few months ago, following complaints of misdeeds of its members, sources said.

Trust to support activists
Supporting the families of the full-time social activists, Hazare has formed a corpus fund putting about Rs 50 lakh he had received as prize money from various national and international organisations.

The managing committee of the new trust would select two full-timers working in different fields every year for the year-long grants of Rs 1,500 per month. These would be continued subject to yearly evaluation and endurance of the recipients' contributions to his or her field.

Besides the monthly grants, the trust would also honour one dedicated social activist with a special prize of Rs 25,000. Rajaram Bhapkar, a peasant from Gunwadi village in Ahmednagar district who working alone created a ghat road for his village, would be bestowed with the inaugural award of the trust.