World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Cancel power project: MLA
Ongole, Dec. 22: Chirala Congress MLA Amanchi Krishnamohan here on Wednesday demanded the cancellation of the ultra mega power pro-ject at Nayunipalli in Vetapalem mandal of the distr-ict. Referring to the notification to acquire lands, he demanded its revocation as 50,000 persons would be displaced due to the project.
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Breach in lake bund displaces over 100 families
VILLUPURAM: Over 100 families in Ozhinthiapattu in Vanur taluk were displaced on Wednesday night owing to sudden floods caused by a breach in the lake bund. The walls of about a dozen huts collapsed soon after the inundation and a vast stretch of paddy fields got submerged. Hence, the people had to spend the night in the open, braving incessant rain.
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New Laos dam a test case for hydropower projects
One of Asia's poorest countries officially inaugurated a $1.3 billion hydroelectric dam on December 9 that is earning badly needed revenue and could set new global standards for limiting environmental damage and improving the lives of those displaced. The dam in central Laos was the first major hydroelectric project supported by the World Bank after a long hiatus in the face of criticism that d
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Hapless villagers desert homes
DHENKANAL: Growing instances of
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Gajah and Praja: Conservation, control and conflicts
The adivasi people living near the Orissa-Andhra Pradesh border face the challenge of having to live with elephants which, according to the Elephant Task Force, have been
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Adis fear extinction by proposed Siang dam
ITANAGAR, Dec 2
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Small is better: Mobile egg house makes waves in China
Beijing: An egg shaped tiny but compact mobile home built by a Chinese office worker is being touted as an answer to provide affordable accommodation to thousands of migrant labourers flocking to Beijing in search of work. With the average home in the capital selling for $2,934 a meter in November, a tiny mobile home built by office worker Dai Haifei is creating a stir online. Dai,24
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Leh flood survivor builds home with own hands
Leh: Shading her eyes from the sun, Tsering Angmo puts the spade back on the ground, and rests one foot on a rock to take a break. Her hands and clothes are coated in dust. Angmo, 37, survived the flash floods that devastated Leh early August and claimed over 150 lives leaving hundreds homeless.
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In the name of the tiger
<p>The struggle to protect the rapidly vanishing tiger is getting murkier by the day. Up to 100,000 families are slated for displacement, ostensibly to secure India’s tiger habitats. Unfortunately, most of the relocation taking place violates the law and may end up creating more conflicts that cause the tiger’s decline.</p>
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C'garh: Tiger project hit by Maoist trouble
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY The tiger project Nov.