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Sumedha Pal
How Farm Laws Constitute an Attack on Adivasis
31 Mar 2021
Farm laws are being seen as a move meant to target the autonomy of the gram sabhas leading to inroads of the corporates on adivasi land and further widening of the balance of power between adivasi…
Sumedha Pal
Jharkhand: Adivasi Resistance Against Netarhat Firing Range Continues Even After 27 years
26 Mar 2021
The struggle against the range has been ongoing from the 1990s, when the Centre had earmarked about 1,471 sq km in Netarhat Hills in Gumla and Latehar for field firing practice by the army, which…
Ayaskant Das
Are Polavaram Affected Tribal Communities Short-changed by Govt for Their Land?
21 Mar 2021
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has asked the state government to clarify by March 24 if project-affected families are being provided with decent rehabilitation and resettlement facilities.
Sumedha Pal
Bengal Elections: Ahead of Polls, Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Pet’ Mining Project Faces Renewed Opposition
03 Mar 2021
The TMC government is pitching to start mining work in the Deocha-Pachami block in Birbhum, slated to be the world’s second largest coal mine, as poll dates near. However, close to 70,000 adivasi and…
Sumedha Pal
We Will Be Pushed to Brink of Poverty, Say Chhattisgarh Tribals as Opposition Against Bodhghat Project Mounts
10 Feb 2021
The adivasi residents from over 50 villages have been resisting the establishment of the Bodhghat dam project for years, however, Chief Minister Baghel says that the project will go on.
Newsclick Report
Assam: Protesting Residents of Laika-Dodhia Break Barricades to Enter DC Office Ahead of PM’s Distribution of Land Pattas
22 Jan 2021
Following the apathetic attitude of the DC and the administration despite staying in plastic sheet tents braving the winter chill for over 27 days, the frustrated residents holding placards and…
Sumedha Pal
Should an IIT Be Built by Massacring Tribal Rights: Activists in Goa Ask
06 Jan 2021
Tribal villagers of Goa’s Melauli, which has been identified as an ecologically sensitive zone, have been protesting for three months to stall the process of surveying and demarcation of land for…
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…
Ayaskant Das
Tribal Rights Compromised for National Highway in Andhra, Say Locals and Activists
07 Nov 2020
Locals and activists allege no public hearing is being conducted for NH 516-E while officials say full transparency is being maintained since the project is partially funded by the World Bank.
Sumedha Pal
Bihar Assembly Polls: Kaimur Adivasis Fired Upon and Charged with Rioting for Protesting Against Eviction from Forests
22 Sep 2020
The adivasis were resisting forced evictions by the forest department over the last few months and had gheraoed the department’s premises on September 10-11.