Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Debabrata mohanty Despite people from six villages opposing the land survey work by government officials for the 12 million tonne Posco steel plant at Jagatsinghpur district, on Tuesday the local administration started the survey work in a village in the area. After a clash between the agitating villagers and the …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO Finally South Korean Steel major Posco on Tuesday made tryst with destiny. Nearly five years after signing a memorandum of understanding with he Orissa government and battling serious anti-displacement protests by the ocals, the company officials along with the government authorities entered the project site at Kujang …
Raktima Bose Reduced from 1.6 km to 1 km No possibility of mass displacement of people Site selection for the project not yet complete Kolkata: Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said here on Saturday that the Department of Atomic Energy has decided to reduce the buffer zone for the …
The latest Cooum river restoration project in Chennai aims to focus on slum eviction as an achievable first step. A 19-kilometre elevated expressway on the river is also planned. Together estimated to displace over 18,000 families from the banks of the Cooum, these two projects testify to how waterfront development, …
Indore: The suspension of construction in the controversial Maheshwar hydel power project is back in the court of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), after a meeting convened by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Monday. Last week, after a similar meeting, under pressure from the PMO and the …
Interview with Medha Patkar, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader MEDHA PATKAR, the 56-year-old leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), is fighting what she calls the
BHUBANESWAR: Former Congress MLA Umesh Swain today demanded a probe by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) into alleged police excesses at Balitutha, entry point to Posco site. Swain, who was arrested and later released at Dhinkia recently while leading a group of anti-displacement activists, demanded shifting of the plant …
Dams and environment - both are important. Dams are necessary for cultivation and producing electricity. Environment should be protected for our own survival. So, both are equally important. The problems arise when people of the submerging areas of the dam are displaced and rehabilitated elsewhere. No one would like to …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI:Several eminent persons have come out in strong support of the order from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) suspending work on the construction of the Maheshwar Dam till the rehabilitation of thousands of displaced families is complete, and have urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not …
The liberalisation process that started in India in the early 1990s has made Orissa potentially the most attractive destination for large capital-intensive projects by private-sector firms – typically mineral-based ones. These projects are facing opposition from the people, especially those likely to be displaced and those who will be indirectly …
Prafulla Das KALINGANAGAR: Hundreds of tribal men and women of this industrial area in Jajpur district of Orissa on Friday appealed to all Opposition parties in the State to help them continue their agitation against displacement and alleged harassment at the hands of the local police and the administration. They …
CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai was arrested today while trying to enter the proposed steel plant site of Posco-India ahead of a rally to protest the project, police said. "Tarai was arrested as a preventive measure to avoid any law and order problem as a large number of …
May 14: Amidst reports of protests at the proposed Renuka dam, Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta will be leaving for Himachal Pradesh to hold talks to resolve the issue. The Delhi government is funding the construction of the Renuka dam to ensure that the capital gets enough potable water to …
a district court of Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh has awarded Rs 1.3 crore as compensation to a family ousted from Harsud, a trading town submerged by the Indira Sagar dam built on Narmada river in 2004. In a judgement dated March 18, the court ordered the state to pay the …
One dead, many hurt. The agitation against Tata Steel's six million tonne steel project at Kalinganagar in Orissa's Jajpur district once again turned violent today leading to the death of one tribal and injuries to several others. The deceased has been identified as Laxman Jamuda, a 60 year old resident …
THIRUVANANTHAPURA: Eyebrows are raised as a govt against widening of national highways presses for 4-laning of a stretch that requires displacement SHAJU PHILIP AT A time when the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala has pleaded with the Centre to allow the state to live with narrow national highways, its …
Sujay Nag Despite the best of intentions on the part of the government, many people hit by land acquisition for projects continue to get a raw deal. One corporate's efforts in this field may serve as a model to follow. The Government of India had laid down as the objective …
