Land unrest set to increase in India: study

Enforcement and strengthening of laws that protect land rights of tribals and forest dwellers recommended

Haryana village protests nuclear power plant

Official at public hearing tells residents that radiation is human friendly and used for cancer treatment 

Permanent farmer status for Maharashtra farmers who lose land to projects

Till now, the status was granted to farmers and heirs only for ten years from time of land acquisition

Land reform in reverse gear in Asian countries, says report

It claims that 6 per cent of farm owners hold two-thirds of agricultural land in the continent, putting livelihoods of millions of small farmers …

People's power

Farmers in Chhattisgarh's coal-rich Gare village have floated a company to assert their rights over natural resources and resist land acquisiton …

Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

Supreme Court upholds land rights of people affected by infrastructure projects

Slams Maharashtra government for denying compensation to family whose land was taken over for industrial development nearly fifty years ago

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: people oppose Manesar-Bawal segment of project at public hearing

Deputy Commissioner of Rewari district orders probe after people object to high pollution from existing Daruhera industrial estate, which is …

Andhra Pradesh drafts new land allotment policy

Proposes allotment at market price except in cases where land is to be used for non-profit public purpose

Residents protesting Adani's Tiroda power plant fear eviction, violence

Company started construction work around village settlement without rehabilitating affected people

‘Repressive governments use financial crises, global pandemics to change societal norms’

Sam Szoke-Burke, senior legal researcher, Columbia University, talks to DTE amid reports of governments trying to take control of land in name of …

Survey work for POSCO boundary wall begins amid protests

Authorities start GPS survey work for boundary wall of the proposed steel plant as angry villagers accuse government of siding with the company

South Korean envoy’s visit to Odisha sparks fresh Posco protests

Joon-gyu Lee said to have urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to speed up land acquisition for steel plant

Turbulence ahead

Green clearance issue solved, Navi Mumbai airport project now faces opposition from people

Desperate for Expressway

Uttar Pradesh is set to begin work on its ambitious expressway along the Upper Ganga Canal, turning a blind eye to environmental concerns and …

Sundarbans at risk

Bangladesh-India power plant can severely affect the mangrove forest, say environmentalists

Sardar Sarovar Project faces its toughest challenge

For more than 56 years, farmers in Gujarat have been waiting to get water, but work on the most crucial aspect of Sardar Sarovar dam—…

Taken by the horns

Gujarat buckles under farmers’ pressure, shrinks special investment region planned for industries

Green Tribunal clears way for Renuka dam, partially

Vacates stay on payment of compensation to project-affected people in Himachal Pradesh; stay on forestland diversion continues for now

The last mayor of Kathmandu

Aditya Batra in conversation with Keshab Sthapit, a mayor famous for muscling his way to urban renewal

Mango resistance

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s mango belt are clear they will not allow Lucknow’s solid waste facility on their dashehari land

Package POSCO

The Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package

Grasslands in Western Ghats diverted for resort construction

The 120 room, five-star luxury resort is being built in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka in association with international hotel chains

Odisha diaries: the struggle for community control over land, forests and natural resources

No matter how much compensation is promised, companies will need ‘a social licence’ to conduct business on the land of the people

Stop forceful land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project, say farmers of Raigad

They want state to follow the proposed land acquisition Bill likely to be passed soon by Parliament