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Sumedha Pal
Odisha: ‘Ease of Doing Business’ at Cost of Tribal Land and Livelihood
20 Feb 2021
The Odisha government released a notification on February 15 to convert common land for industrial use, increasing the cap on land from 200 acre to 500 acre.
Ajaz Ashraf
Feminist Navsharan Singh on why State Fears Women Protesters in Farmer Movement
03 Feb 2021
Women are asserting their claim to the public and the Republic, as they did in the anti-CAA protests.
Sumedha Pal
Batla House Slum Dwellers March to AAP MLA’s Office, Receive No Assurances
20 Jan 2021
The slum dwellings of mostly daily wage workers in Batla House’s Dhobi Ghat area were demolished by DDA in September 2020 without any prior notice. Since, then the residents have been demanding…
Tikender Singh Panwar
Unsustainable Cities: Stop Piecemeal Approach, Constitute National Commission on Urbanisation
20 Jan 2021
The hitherto transformation of cities linked to ‘engines of growth’ has actually been delinked from the need of the mass.
Sumedha Pal
Varanasi: Close to 500 Rendered Homeless for Food Plaza, Helipad
13 Jan 2021
In November this year, when the PM visited his home turf, 50 houses were razed to beautify the region. Now, barely ten meters away in the Khidkiya Ghat area over 500 people have been rendered…
Sumedha Pal
Chhattisgarh: Tribal Families Continue to Face Evictions Despite Land Claims
07 Jan 2021
In Udta village of Korba district, food crops of tribal farmers were destroyed during the lockdown with a fence put around it by the forest department in a bid to keep the community out of the area.
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…
Anish R M
Indigenous Movements and the Struggle in Defense of Land in 2020
30 Dec 2020
On top of the existing violence and institutional impediments, this year was particularly taxing for the defenders of land and environment as they had to face double whammy of COVID-19 pandemic and…
Sumedha Pal
COVID-19: Over 54,000 People Affected by Forced Evictions Since Pandemic Struckhom
26 Nov 2020
Between March 15 and October 31 this year, the Housing and Land Rights Network has documented at least 83 incidents of forced evictions and demolished homes.
Sumedha Pal
Odisha: Tribes in Dhinkia Launch Fresh Stir Against IOCL Pipeline
18 Nov 2020
The pipeline will lead to the destruction of large swathes of agricultural land affecting several hundred villages in the state, locals said.