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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DAM CONSTRUCTION
The Sindh and North West Frontier Province govern ments of Pakistan are apprehensive about the proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam. They have asked the Union government of Pakistan to consult
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Extremely damning
This multi purpose project has the potential of solving the region s problems but at enormous environmental cost
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PEOPLE FIRST
In a significant order, the Supreme Court has directed the three states affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project to review the resettlement of those evicted because of the dam. The court has also
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MP project opposed
local farmers and residents of Sipat in the Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh have registered a massive protest against the location of a 3,000 megawatt super thermal power station in the
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Twice Unlucky
In 1962, it was the Indo Chinese war. Now it is the creation of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. Once again, the Bhotiyas, who inhabit the Garhwal hills, find themselves at crossroads. They find their means of sustenance cut off. The difference this tim
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Land of sufferance
People of a village in Orissa wage a battle against mining companies to protect their lands
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Big dams, more displacement
Protests against large dams have gained momentum in recent years the world over. Projects in India and China displace large numbers of people because of the high population densities of those
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Rising waters
Activists against the Narmada dam gear up to face the submergence of the first set of villages
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A question of rights
A NGO asks the NHRC to prevent the dislocation of Van Gujjars of the Rajaji National Park by the Uttar Pradesh government
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Building against odds
Despite a host of reasons against its constuction, Pakistan decides to go ahead with building the Diamer dam