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Suhit K Sen
Bengal Coal-Mining Project Raises Many Questions of Equity
30 Apr 2022
A validation of the constitutionality of FRA by the Supreme Court would be a big step in the right direction.
Raja Muzaffar Bhat
Forcible Land Acquisition and Denial of Fair Compensation in J&K
29 Apr 2022
Two days after Parliament abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and passed a bill to split the state into two Union Terr
Sandip Chakraborty, Ronodeep Mitra
Bengal: Resistance Brews in Deucha Pachami Against Land Acquisition for Coal Mine
20 Apr 2022
When a team of ruling TMC leaders, government officials and police tried to enter the villages forcibly, the locals erupted in anger and blocked roads leading to Pachami.
Neelambaran A
TN: Farmers Oppose Acquisition of Fertile Lands for Road Project in Coimbatore
20 Apr 2022
The farmers have insisted on widening the existing road between Coimbatore and Karur, instead of the planned greenfield road which requires 3,000 acres of agricultural land at an investment of Rs 2,…
Abir Dasgupta
Odisha: Adivasi Activist Deme Oram, 21 Others Arrested in Sundergarh
30 Mar 2022
Since March 16, the displaced persons, led by Oram, were sitting on an indefinite dharna protesting further displacement and demanding the implementation of recommendations made by the National…
Newsclick Report
AIKS to Launch Protest Against Proposed 404-km Atal Expressway in Chambal From March 11
02 Mar 2022
Since the inception of the project, the farmers in Chambal have opposed the land exchange policy and leaving of a 1-km wide patch on either side of the expressway to corporate houses.
Newsclick Report
Noted Intellectuals Slam Bengal's Deucha Panchami Coal Mine Project, Demand Release of Jailed Activists
01 Mar 2022
The large mining project would displace more than 5,000 families, most of whom are Adivasis and minority communities.
Sruti MD
Tamil Nadu Sees 50+ Days of Protest Against SEZ on Arable Land
15 Feb 2022
Ten SIPCOTs were proposed in the state budget in August 2021, and the work of identifying land is underway. But the locals are not happy with the land acquisition process.
Tagia Tania
Arunachal: Compensation Denied, Chakma Development Foundation of India Complains to NHRC
25 Jan 2022
“The divisional authorities have been using arbitrary force to constrain the poor project-affected victims to accept some sort of compensation package without any formal process to deny payment of…
Anees Zargar
Protest Erupts as Authorities Demolish Tribal Families’ Homes in Jammu
12 Jan 2022
The affected families belong to the Gujjar-Bakerwal tribe, one of the region’s most marginalised communities, which has mostly lived as nomadic pastoralists for centuries.