Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

The chemistry of living death

THE world's biggest industrial disaster has been rendered today its most trivial. Criminal corporate culpability and governmental concern for its …

Tata offers to take up Bhopal gas tragedy liability

Relocation by half measure

Supreme Court allows canal work

Overrules high court on Narmada irrigation projects

Lies, deceit and relocation

People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights

Tehri: is it curtains?

The beginning of submergence of Tehri also marked the drowning of anti-dam sentiments. Any strong protest was conspicuous by its absence. Does …

Joshimath’s sinking brings Uttarakhand’s rehabilitation policy into sharp focus

Of Uttarakhand’s 484 villages threatened by natural disasters, more than 450 await relocation despite the state’s ambitious …

Mahanadi Coalfields land oustees to get compensation, resettlement and rehabilitation

Land acquired for mining in 1988; Compensation to be disbursed to 4 villages under the R&R Act, 2013

DTE Ground Report: Millions left destitute in northeastern Bangladesh three weeks after floods

Flood victims lacking basic essentials such as rice, fuel, cooking utensils; forced to live on roads

Polavaram — displaced and nowhere to go: Several await houses, compensation

DTE travelled to West Godavari district and East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh to evaluate the extent of displacement prompted by Polavaram …

Two die during an eviction drive in Kaziranga National Park

Without making any arrangements to accommodate the displaced, police fire tear gas on people resisting eviction

More than one million people will need resettlement in 2017

Syrians are projected to account for 40 per cent of resettlement needs, according to a UNHCR report

Seven months after earthquake, Nepal unlocks disaster funds

The government of Nepal has finally allotted funds for reconstruction across the country, that were pledged by international donors in June

Bias is in the law

Revived acquisition and rehabilitation bills offer little relief

Locals in Sarguja, Chhattisgarh, protest proposed thermal plant

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

Company started construction work around village settlement without rehabilitating affected people

If not now

Then when?

73,556,000

How well do we know our ocean?

Go under

Or, follow coastal regulations

What? Why?

Our disaster preparedness

Tribal fishers to move court after one of them is killed by forest staff in Pench National Park

'Forest officials and administration guilty of contempt of court for denying rehabilitation benefits, fishing rights'

People’s agenda for coastal, river erosion: Local climate efforts need not be stalled for want of global action

While rehabilitating coastal communities, special attention must be given to traditional and customary rights of fishing communities over coastal …

As Sardar Sarovar dam's gates get shut, 192 villages fear submergence

But the government is not sure who all will get submerged, let alone rehabilitate them

Rules of engagement

Thirty years on, what does the Narmada Bachao Andolan teach us?