-Press release by Samyukta Kisan Morcha dated 17th April, 2022 On the call of Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the MSP Guarantee Week was observed from April 11th to 17th by the farmers across the country — Protests, demonstrations, meets, conventions, seminars and other programs were held across the country Despite SKM’s repeated requests for clarifications regarding the committee on MSP, vis-à-vis its composition, its mandate, its tenure, and its terms of reference, the...
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Medha Patkar suspends jal satyagrah as water level stops rising -Milind Ghatwai
-The Indian Express "We want vikas not vinash,’’ Medha Patkar said and accused the Centre, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh governments of misleading people by tweaking statistics. "punarvas nahi to bandh nahi.’’ Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Sunday suspended the jal satyagrah she had started with women affected by the project here on Friday. The NBA had called...
More »In Fight for Help, These Farmers Have Been on a 'Water Protest' for 25 Days All India -Siddharth Ranjan Das & Shailaja Neelakantan
-NDTV Gholgagon, Madhya Pradesh: Twenty protestors, from Gholgagon village along the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh, have been standing in waist-deep water for the last 25 days. The soles of their feet are completely stripped of skin and are infected with fungal sores. "Our health condition is deteriorating, epidermal skin from the soles of our feet is peeling. This has made standing and walking very difficult," says 63-year-old Sakku Bai, who's been...
More »Tribal farmers on ‘jal satyagraha’ in Gogalgaon for compensation -Bagish Jha
-The Times of India INDORE: To protest against the increase in height of Omkareshwar dam, tribals farmers of Gogalgoan of Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh are once again on 'jal satyagraha' in their filed which have been flooded due to increase in water level of dam. They are in knee deep water carrying placards that called for government to give them land or sufficient compensation. In the year 2012 farmers had organised...
More »Illusory rights -Venkitesh Ramakrishnan and Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-Frontline PESA, which is seen as an enabling law for tribal self-governance, is violated brazenly by both the Union government and State governments in the name of development. SINCE October 2012, the Ministry of Rural Development of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government has apparently been engaged in an exercise to evolve a "National Land Reforms Policy". Over these months, the Ministry wrote to various State governments, highlighting the importance of...
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