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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Palike ropes in greens ahead of axing trees
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is all set to chop down 66 trees and 154 saplings at Shamanna Garden near RPC Layout for the construction of a railway under bridge (RUB). Having faced the wrath of civil society organisations and green brigades over the felling of 17 trees along the Sankey Tank Road for road-widening, the Palike has seemingly pre-empted hues and cries concerned people’s groups may raise this time around, by issuing a meeting notice to all the stake holders.
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Rich countries should assist BD to face climate change
Speakers at a launching ceremony of 'Social Watch Report-2012' said the rich countries responsible for climate change should assist Bangladesh to face the environmental challenge. Climate change is
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Displaced to get the best: NPCIL
With the resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) package for the locals displaced by the proposed nuclear power plant at Kovvada in its final stages, officials indicate that the final package will have best features of the latest Land Acquisition Act. The ministry of environment has directed the Nuclear Power Corpora-tion of India Limited to conduct fresh R&R surveys in the wake of opposition by locals after the survey report was submitted in July last year.
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Political challenge of an intensifying conflict over land
How much of the benefits of economic growth accrue directly to farmers and workers who lose their livelihoods when agricultural land is taken over for development? If handled properly, the Land Acquisition
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Indore commissioner to redress Maheshwar evacuees' plaints
Vesting legal power in the Commissioner, Indore division, the Madhya Pradesh Government has authorised him to lawfully redress applications submitted to him by persons displaced by the Maheshwar hydel
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Land acquisition and dispossession- Private coal companies in Jharkhand
This article presents an investigation into strategies employed by privately-owned companies to gain access to land for resource extraction in Jharkhand where much of the land being put under the shovel
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Millions risk hunger in South Sudan - U.N.
Conflict, population displacement and high food prices mean millions of people in South Sudan face hunger this year, two U.N. food agencies said on Wednesday. The number of people with insecure food
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M-East struggles for water, better living conditions
MUMBAI: The government has been abandoning people in M-East ward with the same indifference and insouciance as it has been depositing rubbish there for years. Waves of people displaced from different parts
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Land acquisition for tourism: a review of state practices, laws and policies
This paper gives a broad overview of the laws and policies of land acquisition in India, concentrating on the practices of 5 states of India (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Maharashtra, and Karnataka),
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Compensation for displaced people of Mangla Dam project
The mandatory body of the water and power sector, Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) claimed the disbursement of Rs 66.347 billion against resettlement work and payment of compensation to displaced