AHMEDABAD: A video of a pride of 14 lions quenching their thirst from a mad-made water pond some 20 km away from Gir sanctuary in neighbouring Amreli district went viral on social media on Thursday. Once a rare sight, videos capturing huge lion families have become rather common place with …
Slum dwellers should develop their own land where builder will not have any crucial role to play, says social activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday. More than 60% of slum dwellers are living in just 6-8% of the city land. The vast working class, lower middle class and the informal sector …
The Orissa government on Monday paused land acquisition at the proposed steel plant of Posco in Dhinkia grampanchayat for next five days even as thousands of protesters dug their heels opposing the land acquisition. Since Friday, thousands of anti-Posco protesters under the banner of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti have formed …
The self-esteem of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), the activist group formed by Medha Patkar 22 years ago, may suffer a severe dent with the Supreme Court on Wednesday
COIMBATORE: The Tamilaga Vivasayigal Sangam has convened a meeting of farmers, to be held on May 17, to decide on the future course of action regarding the move to acquire agricultural lands for highway projects. Farmers arrest The president of the association, M.R. Sivasamy, criticised the Mayawati Government in Uttar …
Social activist Medha Patkar on Monday expressed her support for the farmers' agitation against land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh, saying that the serving of
Senior activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan spokesperson, Medha Patkar, on Monday threatened to launch a massive agitation in Satara and Pune districts if the problems of the project affected people (PAP) are not resolved soon. Patkar was in Pune for a meeting with the state minister for rehabilitation and forests, …
Javed Iqbal IN Chhattisgarh, the only criminal appears to be the law. For instance, Salwa Judum leader Soyam Mukka was part of a state-sponsored mob that protested against Medha Patkar and a contingent of human rights activists and social workers in January 2009. Soyam Mukka has a warrant for his …
Amruta Byatnal Pune: In its reply to the show cause notice issued by the Environment Ministry, Lavasa Corporation Limited has accused Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh of acting with mala fide intent. He issued the notice in haste, breaching the
Rattled by the sharp rebuttal by Lavasa Corporation to its showcause notice, the ministry of environment and forests has referred the case to attorney general Ghulam Vahanvati. On record, the ministry however, maintained it was correct in sending the notice to the company on Friday to stop work at its …
Lavasa Corporation, an arm of Hindustan Construction Corporation (HCC) engaged in the development of a hill township in Maharashtra, has accused Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh of malafide intent, claiming that the ministry issued a showcause notice in haste and under pressure from activists to …
Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar with Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti leader Akhil Gogoi (right) addresses a protest rally in Guwahati on Wednesday. Guwahati: Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Wednesday led thousands of protesters in laying a siege to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Pratik Hazela's …
GUWAHATI, July 13: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today came down heavily on the government for going ahead with the construction work of Lower Subansiri Hydel Project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border even after the expert committee had recommended immediate cancellation of the project. Talking to newsmen …
Guwahati: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has raised her voice in support of the growing people's movement against construction of mega dams in ecologically sensitive Northeastern region. She has been invited by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) to lead a rally against mega dam in the city on Wednesday. …
G. Prabhakaran Demand to set up tribunal to decide on compensation People's struggle is supported by environmentalists PALAKKAD: The agitation against alleged exploitation of groundwater by soft drink major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. at Plachimada, a remote village in Perumatty grama panchayat in Chittur taluk, completed 3,000 days on …
visakhapatnam, June 20: Lashing out against the mega electricity projects being taken up in Srikakulam and Nellore (14 of them), Ms Medha Patkar called these a waste of unrenewable sources of energy. Talking to members of the media here on Sunday, Ms Patkar said,
Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save Narmada Campaign) leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday led a sit- in agitation at the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) office in Indore demanding right to life and land for farmers and tribals affected by the Narmada valley proj- ect. Ms Patkar told this news- paper on Tuesday …
Gargi Parsai The Narmada dam (Sardar Sarovar Project) needs a review not funds, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar said here on Tuesday, slamming the Gujarat government's push for seeking permission to raise the height of the dam when over 2 lakh families of tribals, farmers, fish workers, artisans and …
J. Venkatesan NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday accused the Centre of filing a partisan affidavit to mislead the Supreme Court over the issue of canal work for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dam projects. Senior counsel T. R. Andhyarujina, appearing for Madhya Pradesh, submitted before a three-judge …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: Supporting social activist Medha Patkar, the Centre has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court accusing the Madhya Pradesh government of not submitting the Command Area Development (CAD) plan before resorting to land acquisition and excavation for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals. A Bench of …
