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Sumedha Pal
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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
Land Rights : Articles
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.
Ayaskant Das
Land Rights : Articles
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.
Tikender Singh Panwar
Land Rights : Articles
29 Oct 2020
Not to allow non-residents of a particular state to purchase land in is not restricted to the special status accorded to J&K. Other states also have checks in place, laws which have aided local…