Nowhere to go

The new land Bill will make it easier to displace the poor in the name of development, say experts

"The state cannot deprive people"

WALTER FERNANDES, who has worked extensively for tribes and on tribal issues, talks to SURYA SEN

7 million internally displaced people live in Central Africa – they need more support

Displaced people are forced to live in crowded and unsanitary camps

Dam dilemma

Malaysia

Facing eviction

A World Bank project might leave over three lakh tribal families homeless

Paying a high price

Forty thousand dams have rendered 60 million people homeless the worldover

AP dam project under fire

Decision to start work on Indira Sagar dam opposed

Tribals demand scrapping of proposed dam

Villagers assert a dam project to provide drinking water to Udaipur city would displace about 12,000 people, and they will oppose it firmly.

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Raping the forest for ephemeral fashions

Forest products have become a fad in industrialised countries and are used to make a wide range of things, from ice creams to shampoos. For the …

Thick-skinned policies

Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes …

Undermining existence

Extensive coal mining in Raniganj, Bihar, has not only displaced communities but has also affected the lifestyle of the locals

Struggling to survive as

Marginalised by developmental processes, local people are fighting for their right to manage forests

Damned Projects

State operations surrounding three hydel schemes are causing controversy. In the Uttaranchal hills, there are allegations of repression. In …

Ousted by an IIT

'Green signal?'

The Supreme Court gives its go-ahead for work on the Narmada dam

Killing the Musi river

DAM CONSTRUCTION

A travesty of justice

The new rehabilitation policy for project displaced persons is official jargon mongering

Relocation of monkeys in Delhi good for everybody

Mumbai airport eyes slum land

Expansion will displace 85,000 families

No headlines, no rehabilitation

Oustees of the Kutku and Auranga dams in Bihar complain media attention is the only way of getting justice from the government, but the media …

Illegal eagles

The Madhya Pradesh government's decision to call in the private sector to convert state forest lands into captive plantations, impinges on people'…

A new paradigm

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