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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Crucial survey work begins at Posco site
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 near Paradip and conducted the crucial survey work.
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Buffer zone for Haripur nuclear plant to be cut
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
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Navelim farmers protest against govt move to resume work in fields
Farmers from Navelim and Rawanfond on Sunday bitterly protested against the government
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Salvaging and scapegoating: Slum evictions on Chennais waterways
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.
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Maheshwar Dam: ball back in Ministry's court
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.
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The struggle cannot be over
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
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Shift Posco plant site: Ex-MLA
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.
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Displacement a painful process
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.
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Eminent persons support MoEF order on Maheshwar Dam
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 to allow any review of the said direction.
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Agriculture, industry and mining in Orissa in the post-liberalisation era: An inter-district and inter-state panel analysis
<p>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 affected.