-The Times of India KORAPUT: In a further blow to the Maoist-backed Chasi Mulia Adivasi Sangh (CMAS) of Narayanpatna, 101 tribals have deserted the outfit. They approached the administration on Tuesday with a desire to join the mainstream. As many as 300 tribals have abandoned the CMAS between January 11 and February 8. In the latest incident, at least 17, 26 and 68 villagers of Mankidi, Jokopani and Tolo Renga respectively trekked...
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Tribals flee village after Reds kill teacher -Riyan Ramanath V
-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: Villagers of Pathpani, where Maoists killed a Sikhya Sahayak three days ago, have appealed to chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Nuapada SP and collector to relocate them at some other village. Maoists had killed Dunguripali primary school teacher Chaitanya Majhi (32), accusing him of being a police informer, and thrown his body in Pathpani forest. After the incident about 250 villagers deserted the village fearing more attacks by...
More »'Human rights abuse, false cases filed against anti-posco protesters-Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu Withdraw cases against villagers, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti: Civil society groups Several civil society groups have alleged abuse of human rights and registration of false cases by State government agencies in order to curb resistance against the land acquisition for the proposed Posco steel plant in Odisha. Highlighting instances of “biased and arbitrary” police action in the eight villages of Jagatsinghpur district affected by the plant, illustrated in the recently-released fact...
More »Forestland diversion for roads, railway lines made easy-Kumar Sambhav S
-Down to Earth MoEF waives requirement of obtaining gram sabha certificates for linear projects. Will it dilute forest rights of people? Gram sabhas or village councils will no longer have the power to reject building of roads, railways, transmission lines or other such linear projects. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), on February 5, exempted developers of such projects from the requirement to obtain consent of the gram sabhas to...
More »UPA flagship NREGS records sharp slide in job generation -Subodh Varma
-The Times of India While Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh waxed eloquent on the "success" of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and called it a key instrument for "financial inclusion" at a government conference in New Delhi on Saturday, latest data reveal a picture of declining employment generation under the scheme. Even more startling: Jobs created for the most marginalized sections - dalits and adivasis - have...
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