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Farmers Arrested For Protesting against Hyderabad Pharma City, Opposition Alleges Land Grab
17 Oct 2020
A cluster of thousands of pharmaceutical industries are proposed to be built under the Rs 5,157-crore project on 19,333 acres of land.
Seema Sharma
SC-appointed Committee Directs Centre to Stop Work on Char Dham Road Network in Uttarakhand
30 Sep 2020
The High Powered Committee has pointed out violation of SC order by the Char Dham Project, which will connect four holy shrines in Uttarakhand.
Damayantee Dhar
Gujarat Tribal Rights Activist Externed from 5 Districts Amid Reports of PM’s Scheduled Visit
27 Sep 2020
An order by SDM Rajpipla, which has externed Lakhan Musafir from five districts including his home district Narmada for six months, states that he cannot be “considered innocent till his innocence is…
Damayantee Dhar
People Worried Over Land Acquisition for Surat Metro as Regulatory Law Stands Diluted
22 Sep 2020
As many as 700 private properties are set to be acquired at a time when the law on land acquisition-related compensation and rehabilitation has been substantially amended in Gujarat.
PTI
PM’s Pet Bullet Train Project May Fail to Meet 2023 Deadline
05 Sep 2020
Apart from pandemic and land acquisition, another major cause for delay could be cost escalation owing to a fall in the rupee against the Japanese yen.
Kashif Kakvi
Atal Chambal Progress Way: Farmers Demand Fair Land Compensation, Say No to Exchange Policy
18 Aug 2020
Demanding compensation under Land Acquisition Act-2013 instead of land exchange policy of the state government, designed in view of the empty state coffers, 90% of farmers from Sheopur district are…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Farmers Up in Arms Against Proposed Khammam-Devarapalli Highway Project
06 Jul 2020
As L&T is initiating the project work, farmers’ unions are gearing up for a legal battle against the project.
Damayantee Dhar
Tribals Protest Against Land Acquisition by SSNNL, Villager Threatens Self-Immolation
08 Jun 2020
The villagers maintain that the project, which began with the construction of the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at Kevadiya, will displace at least 5,000 tribal people who live close to the…
Sreetama Gupta Bhaya
International Day of Forests: How India Can Reverse the Damage
21 Mar 2020
Our forests and the communities that protect them are delicately balanced. One cannot be seen in isolation from the other.
Over 65 Lakh People Affected in 703 Ongoing Land Conflicts in India: Report
29 Feb 2020
A total of Rs 13.7 lakh crore of committed, earmarked, and potential investments were found embroiled in 335 of the 703 ongoing land conflicts.