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Modi Govt’s Coal Reform Policy Quashed Over Environmental Concerns
NGT rules coal source changes need fresh environmental clearances; criticises dilution of regulatory oversight through office memoranda.
Does opposing mines & protecting our forests mean we support “Maoists”, Adivasis protest mining in Gadchiroli
This report was published on November 20, 2023, at the Anti-Displacement Movement & State Repression Public Meeting and Press Conference organised by Forum against Corporatisation and Militarisation. It has been compiled and published by Damkondawahi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti, Fact Finding Team.
8 anti-mining activists allege brute lathi charge, agitators detained in Gadchiroli for “stopping cops from duty”
Activists have alleged that a lathi charge has taken place and is continuing with several protesters sustaining injuries; PTI reports that eight protesters have been detained
World Cup in a Lucknow Wetland
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A wetland behind Lucknow’s Ekana World Cup stadium is home to a vast variety of bird species. With migratory birds now in town, the stage is set for an avian ‘world cup’ of its own.
‘Brute force used’: Odisha tribal women resist bauxite mining operations in Majingmali
The civil rights network, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization...
Retired civil servants file petition against Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act, Supreme Court gives Centre 6 weeks’ time to respond
The plea argues that the amended act is unconstitutional and runs contrary to the existing principles for environmental law in India.
India reports 7,000 plus pesticide poison cases each year: Top global meet told
Advocacy network, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) India, in a...
Alarming Odisha arrests, ‘illegal’ detentions ahead of Vedanta bauxite public hearing
More than 80 lawyers, legal academics and researchers have...
Jharkhand: Attempt to create red scare for ‘brutal crackdown’, increase loot of resources
The civil rights group Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization...
Narmada floods: Why no output at 1200 MW dam power house for 10 days? asks SANDRP
Continuing its analysis* of unprecedented floods of the Narmada river both upstream and downstream of the Sardar Sarovar dam, the advocacy group South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) has said that the “avoidable” disaster, caused by “unaccountable” Sardar Sarovar operators could have been minimised if the River Bed Power House at the dam site had continued its operations by releasing 1200 cumecs or, 42000 cusecs of water over ten days.
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