Land Acquisition : All

Sumedha Pal
Dantewada Tribal Protest Enters Fifth Day Against Adani Mining on Hill
11 Jun 2019
On Monday, the protestors, under the banner of Sanyukt Panchayat Jan Sangharsh Samiti, gheraoed public sector NMDC’s check-post in Kirandul, paralysing work at Bailadila three days in a row.
Sumedha Pal
Aarey Tribals Take on Maha Government’s Move to Make a 120-Acre Zoo
10 Jun 2019
Ironically, the Maharashtra forest department and the BMC signed a MoU on World Environment Day on June 5, for handing over around 100 acres at Aarey Colony in Goregaon.
Sumedha Pal
Patanjali Floated No-revenue Companies to Acquire Land, State Facilitated Acquisition, Says Report
07 Jun 2019
In a three-part investigative series, reports by the Business Standard reveal how over 400 acres of land was acquired in Haryana by bending norms.
Ditsa Bhattacharya
Farmers Protest as Maharashtra Govt. Set to Forcefully Acquire Land for Bullet Train
04 Jun 2019
The BJP-led state government has decided to use an obscure section of the land acquisition act to forcefully displace the tribal farmers.
Sumedha Pal
Transferable Development Rights Being Used for Grabbing Land in K’nataka
22 May 2019
The land has been earmarked to be used as a landfill, which is expected to have severe impact on its residents.
Nileena S.B
Land Acquisition a Major Hurdle for Centre and State in TN Polls
18 Apr 2019
Farmland has been acquired forcefully for many high-profile projects in the state, which will be one of the deciding factors in the general elections.
Damayantee Dhar
Gujarat Farmers Barred From Entering Own Land as GPCL Mines Lignite Under Police Protection
06 Mar 2019
On April 2, 2018, Gujarat government acquired about 200 hectares of land in Badi and Thordi villages of Ghogha, Bhavnagar.
Damayantee Dhar
Farmers Protest Against Land Acquisition for Limestone Mining by Ultra Tech Cement in Bhavnagar
02 Mar 2019
“Our land is our livelihood. We, unanimously want to throw the company out of our village.”
Saurabh Sharma
Farmers in Lohandiguda Receive ‘Symbolic’ Land Deed Certificates
18 Feb 2019
The Congress in its election manifesto has promised to return land, which was forcibly acquired from farmers in Chhattisgarh’s Lohandiguda block for a Tata Steel plant in 2010, under the then BJP…
Saurav Datta
Jharkhand Govt’s Land Acquisition for Adani Power Plant Challenged in Court
09 Feb 2019
The petitioners contend that their consent was not sought, and the project is not for a public purpose.