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Sagrika Kissu
‘Looting Our Land’: Farmers Intensify Protest Against NHAI’s Land Acquisition in Punjab
12 Jan 2021
Farmers claim that thousands of families will be displaced by the road projects and they are being offered measly compensation for their land.
Ayaskant Das
Is Centre Violating Peoples’ Rights for Acquiring Coal-Bearing Land in Chhattisgarh?
08 Jan 2021
There is no clarity yet on whether gram sabhas will be consulted to acquire 700 acres of land for the Madanpur South Coal Block in Korba.
Sumedha Pal
Assam: Tribal Farmers from Mikir Bamuni Villages Allegedly Face State Violence for Demanding Their Land Rights
04 Jan 2021
The Karbi and adivasi farmers of the area are protesting to stop acquisition of 276 bighas of agricultural land for the construction of a solar power plant by Azure Power Forty Private Limited, which…
Sumedha Pal
Odisha: After Protests, Vedanta Offers Jobs, Rehabilitation to Smelter Plant-affected People
28 Oct 2020
The corporate giant faced protests from locals in Jharsuguda over issues of fly ash pollution from its aluminium smelter plant.
Newsclick Report
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…