The verdict and after

The Supreme Court's decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.

Swamphen vanishing from Bakhira lake

Misled about water

VidarbhaÔÇÖs farmers protest the Maharashtra governmentÔÇÖs attempt to build yet another thermal power plant by depriving …

Africa has witnessed massive population displacements

Africa has more countries affected by displacement than any other continent or region, and was home to more than 15 million internally displaced …

Three villages get land rights 38 years after being displaced by Tehri dam

The villages are now officially recognised and have been renamed as Tehri Bhagirathi Nagar, Ghonti Village and Chhaam

Nearly 80 mln displaced globally by 2019-end, half of them children: UNHCR

Fewer displaced people have been able to return to their homes in 2019

Saltpan workers in Gujarat served eviction notice from sanctuary

Relocation of wildlife in Indira Sagar Reservoir area affects tribals

Essar gets Bailadila prospecting lease

How UCIL got people's nod to its lease

FIR against dam activists

Devsari hearing postponed

Put on notice

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

Concern over Brihanmumbai Storm Water Drains project

In court

It can be painless

Some civil servants have relocated forest dwellers successfully

Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

In search of the missing

In the undivided Koraput district of Orissa, there exist 190 villages that have slowly been pushed off the map of India. Hurled by fast-track …

The push to drive indigenous people out of forests

Life of a Dongria Kondh tribal offers insights on Indian government’s reckless interventions into the lives of indigenous people

More than 50% of India’s tribal population has moved out of traditional habitats

Tribals are quitting farming fast; every second household now survives on manual labour in an informal economy

Home is where mines are

Displaced Baiga tribals are returning to the forests taken over for mining by Reliance in Madhya Pradesh. They say they were short-changed by the …

People of no land

Jharkhand's decision to allow the use of tribal land for non-agricultural purposes could lead to mass displacement

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Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

SC clears way for dam oustees to get land in Narmada Valley

But landless will not get it