A group of villagers sit on a shaded platform on a hot afternoon in Mirche village. The topic of discussion today is the Mongra barrage - a dam-like structure constructed on the nearby Shivnath River. The conversation is animated. The villagers discuss the displacement the barrage has caused and the lack of compensation from the authorities. "It's been four years since the dam was built. Where is our compensation," asks...
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Bianca Jagger, people’s rights advocate, interviewed by Shoma Chaudhury
How did your trip to Niyamgiri and Vedanta’s mining project there come about? I’ve been a human rights, social justice and environment protection advocate for the last 30 years. I am the founder and chair of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. I also love India and have a long relationship with this country. Many people know this. This is why Action Aid approached me to meet Sitaram Kulisika, a tribal...
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All eyes are now on Orissa High Court following the Lok Pal’s recommendation for a thorough probe into the land deal for the Rs 15,000-crore university proposed to be set up in Puri district by London-based Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Resources Corporation. The high court is expected to deliver its judgment on the issue of acquiring land along the Puri-Konark marine drive by the government for Vedanta Resources Corporation to set up...
More »Power plants will dry up Ganga in Uttarakhand: CAG by Pradeep Thakur
There would be no water in large stretches of the famed Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Riverbeds if the Uttarakhand government goes ahead with its plan to build 53 power projects on these two Rivers which join at Dev Prayag to form the Ganga, the Comptroller and Auditor General has said. A CAG inspection report submitted to the Uttarakhand governor says that already the Riverbed is completely dry at Shrinagar (Garhwal) and...
More »Delhi water table falling by 2m/yr by Dipak Kumar Dash
The alarm bells are ringing right below our feet. Delhi and portions of Rajasthan falling in the National Capital Region (NCR) extract almost double the amount of groundwater than is recharged every year. The situation is equally bad in NCR portions of Haryana, particularly Gurgaon and Faridabad, which largely depend on groundwater. A status report on groundwater by the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) reveals that the water table in Delhi...
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