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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Voice of anti–dam activists’ gets louder
Anti–dam protestors from all over the North Eastern state converged at Mairaing, West Khasi Hills to led thier support to the the Indigenous Biodiversity and Social Welfare Organisation (IBSWO) campaign
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Narmada Bachao Andolan to protest against state's rehabilitation policy
BHOPAL: Project affected people (PAP) from the five major dams being built on Narmada river will stage a protest against the government's rehabilitation policy in the state capital from June 18 to June
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30,000 villagers will be affected by Pancham Nagar dam project: PIL
JABALPUR: Cabinet minister for water resources, Jayant Malaiya, arbitrarily and with mala fide intentions shifted the site of Pancham Nagar dam project to benefit a particular community purely with an
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’Mega dam against people’s interest will breed extremism’
ITANAGAR, May 27: The Siang People’s Forum (SPF) has expressed apprehension that the State government’s adamant attitude to go ahead with its decision to construct mega dams over the mighty Siang river
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Controversy looming large over Chutka nuclear project
Upcoming project in MP to displace local tribal population; proposed site in highly seismic zone near Kanha National Park Locals of Mandla district will once again raise their voices against 1400 MW NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation India Limited) Chutka project which is coming up in highly seismic zone, near Kanha national park and adjacent to one of the least polluted river Narmada. State government officials have already issued land acquisition notices to local people, almost all of them are tribal, and have slapped a NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute) report which is Greek to them.
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Green min does U-turn on Korba plant
Days After Govt’s Nod To Project, National Tribunal Quashes Clearance, Calls It Illegal New Delhi: Within five days of imposing a moratorium on new industries in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district for being the fifth polluted industrial zone in the country, the environment ministry did a U-turn, having cleared a private 3x350 MW thermal power plant. The move overlooks not only the freeze the ministry had imposed, but also the venture is in violation of green norms.
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Urban health mission gets Cabinet nod
Slum-dwellers in cities will now be able to avail health facilities Urban poor, especially those living in slums, will now have access to primary healthcare services in cities and towns with the Cabinet recently approving the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) to function as a sub-mission under the overarching National Health Mission which also caters to rural populations. To be implemented in 779 cities and towns with over 50,000 population, the NUHM aims to cover 7.75 crore people. Meant for the urban poor, it will primarily target the urban slum population of 68 million (6 crore) as revealed by the 2011 Census.
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NHRC notice to DM, SP on forcible displacement of Suktel dam site villagers
In response to a petition from human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy that the villagers were forcibly asked to vacate their lands for the Lower Suktel dam in Balangir district,
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‘Many of India’s development challenges are linked to how the country mines coal’
Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta has closely followed the issues around coal mining in the past, along with various aspects of the Indian political economy. On 16 April, he screened his documentary
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Public hearing disrupted for RSB project
The project opponents didn't allow peaceful conduct of hearing by State Pollution Control Board, forcing the district authorities to adjourn hearing The public hearing on the environment impact assessment (EIA) for the proposed Rs 4,500-crore alumina refinery project of RSB Metaltech Pvt Ltd in south Odisha’s Rayagada district was disrupted on Wednesday as several project opponents stormed the venue at Kiapadu, some 25 km from Rayagada town.