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Mass Deforestation, Protests, Detentions: Supreme Court halts Telangana’s reckless tree felling at Kancha Gachibowli, questions permissions
Public anger mounts as Telangana authorities bulldoze through Kancha Gachibowli’s tree cover, allegedly violating environmental norms and suppressing protests with detentions and police crackdowns; scrutiny by HC and SC to continue
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
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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.
Why are villagers protesting against sand mining in Bundelkhand’s lifeline Ken river
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25 persons arrested in southern Odisha in the last three weeks through police-corporate nexus
Three influential corporations, including Vedanta, Adani and HINDALCO are allegedly behind attacks on 25 Adivasi human rights activists in three southern districts of the state
Human rights lawyer and activist Ebo Mili Mejo Mihu detained over indigenous land and river protest
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