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The rumbling hills of Himachal Pradesh -Vikas Vasudeva
-The Hindu In a State where hydro Power projects, dams and construction activities are increasing, landslides too are becoming common. Vikas Vasudeva reports on the benefits of the projects and the concerns of the people in a fragile Himalayan region It was a relatively warm monsoon afternoon on July 25 when Arjun Devi, 65, was sitting outside her house, legs stretched out. Her house is located in the middle of an apple...
More »Coal auctions: Modi govt's policy push to private miners will cost Chhattisgarh Rs 900 crore a year -Shreegireesh Jalihal & Tapasya
-Newslaundry.com The government has sold coal blocks for far cheaper prices than they fetched five years ago. In 2015, the Narendra Modi government auctioned two coal blocks in Chhattisgarh. Gare Palma IV/1 fetched a bid of Rs 1,585 per tonne while Gare Palma IV/7 was auctioned for Rs 2,619. The bid for the first block was too low, the government claimed amid allegations of cartelisation, and cancelled it. In case of the...
More »Nandini Oza, an activist of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), interviewed by Swapna Majumdar (The Hindu)
-The Hindu The archivist and activist on curating the oral history of the Narmada Bachao Andolan and its importance as a movement of the marginalised As an activist of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), Nandini Oza lived and worked among the people affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) for over a decade. Having participated in the movement and documented its oral history through the voices of its leaders, she felt it...
More »Under Adityanath, UP Police Has Injured Over 3,300 in 'Encounters', Finds Report
-TheWire.in Uttar Pradesh has seen 8,742 encounters ever since the BJP CM took over. New Delhi: Since Bharatiya Janata Party’s Adityanath came to Power in March 2017, Uttar Pradesh Police has injured at least 3,302 alleged criminals in 8,742 ‘encounters’, leaving several of them with bullet wounds on their legs and bringing to unofficial use the term “operation langda” (lame), the Indian Express has reported. The number of deaths in this time frame...
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