-Tehelka Activists say that the agricultural land should not be acquired for non-agricultural purposes A group of activists on Tuesday 7 August raised concerns about the land acquisition bill in its new form. The activists have demanded a white paper stating the extent of land acquired by the government. The new bill, called the Right to Fair Compensation, Resettlement and Rehabilitation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Bill, is at odds with the recommendations...
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Tribunal order on Maheshwar dam based on false certificate: NBA
-The Hindu The narmada bachao andolan (NBA) has criticised the August 9 order of the National Green Tribunal, allowing the filling of the Maheshwar dam up to 154 metres and generation of 400 MW electricity from the dam. Saying the order was given on a “completely erroneous basis,” the NBA said the tribunal “ignored the Central Electricity Authority’s opinion” that no electricity could be generated at 154 metres. “The tribunal based its order...
More »Anti-dam protesters begin ‘jal satyagraha’-Mahim Pratap Singh
-The Hindu People affected by the Omkareshwar dam project sat on an indefinite ‘ jal satyagr aha ’ against the Madhya Pradesh government’s decision of filling up the dam up to a height of 193 meters. The protesters, gathered under the banner of the narmada bachao andolan in Ghogalgaon village of Khandwa district, set up a camp just above 189 meters, the current water level of the dam, and commenced the satyagrah...
More »India uproots most people for ‘progress’-Anahita Mukherji
-The Times of India Between 60 and 65 million people are estimated to have been displaced in India since Independence, the highest number of people uprooted for development projects in the world. "This amounts to around one million displaced every year since Independence," says a report released recently by the Working Group on Human Rights in India and the UN (WGHR). "Of these displaced, over 40% are tribals and another 40% consist...
More »NBA is spreading falsehood, say Maheshwar dam promoters by Mahim Pratap Singh
People will resort to ‘jal satyagraha,' warns NBA Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd (SMHPCL), promoters of the Maheshwar dam project, have objected to the narmada bachao andolan's (NBA) claim that massive submergence would take place in the Narmada valley if the dam is filled up to154 metres. Plea to media In a communication to The Hindu on Monday, the SMHPCL accused the NBA of spreading “falsehood” and urged the media to “not...
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