This study investigates a community-owned and managed model of solar irrigation (led by women self-help groups) implemented by Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN) in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. It aims to assess the impact of irrigation access on agricultural incomes. The study also highlights the challenges and roadblocks …
R Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur May 03, 2010, 0:08 IST To step up land acquisition for the proposed Tata Steel plant in Bastar, Chhattisgarh government has come out with a proposal to give subsistence allowance to the villagers losing their land to the project.
The interests of both the State and the Maoists are served by reducing the complex and many-layered tragedy unfolding in the forests of Dantewada to a battle between Good and Evil. For the Maoists, the people are subordinate to the revolution; for the government, the people are a minor expendable …
We fly into Raipur, the advice given by civil rights activists ringing in our ears: be careful which hotel you check into, since most report any arrivals—especially of journalists—to the local police. It’ll be very hard to get into the conflict zone in Bastar without being followed, harassed and thrown …
Wednesday's incident in which local tribals in Naxalite infested Dantewada threw rotten eggs and tomatoes at Narmada Bachao Andolan chief Medha Patkar and Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pande for their alleged nexus with the Maoists was the surest indication that NGOs and human right bodies poking their noses in the …
R Krishna Das / Raipur November 19, 2009, 0:28 IST But, process is getting frozen wherever the state retreats before the Naxals, complain officials and industries. Ramsingh Sai willingly sold his two acres of land to a private power company in Pusar village of Raigarh district for Rs 3 lakh …
Arindam Sinha Jamshedpur: At a public hearing to assess the environmental impact of Tata Steel's 5.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) integrated greenfield steel plant in the Lohsinghgunda block of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Monday, residents of the 10 villages where the project is to come up conveyed their
TATA Steel is likely to begin work on its delayed steel project in Chhattisgarh by the end of the current year. The Rs 19,500-crore project for construction of an integrated steel facility of 5.5 million tonne capacity has crossed a major milestone with majority of project affected people coming in …
The large rally-cum-publicmeeting of adivasi peasants, organised by the Bastar Sambhag Kisan Sangharsh Samiti on 1 June in Jagdalpur, opposing the construction of the Bodh Ghat dam and the privatisation of mines and river water resources was an eye-opener. In the savage war for
Regardless of the new ban on the Maoists, as long as the Indian government remains better at talking about local-level welfare than doing anything about it, Naxalite rhetoric will continue to find fertile ground.
Aarti Dhar Jagdalpur BJP is reaping the rewards of the silent work done over decades by RSS organisations For people who worshipped nature and knew only one God (Buddhadev) the new deities are now Shiva, Durga and Hanuman. Chanting of the Gayatri mantra, Hanuman Chalisa and Vande Mataram appears to …
The socio-religious practices prevalent among Gond, Murias, Halba and Maria tribes of Bastar region of Chhattisgarh state are helpful in conservation of plants. This practice of nature conservation is a very ancient tradition and indigenous culture in Bastar as well as in other parts of the country. Tribals in Chhattisgarh …
The Chhattisgarh government has acquired land from more than 1,000 people in the Lohandiguda block of Bastar district to facilitate Tata Steel build its greenfield integrated steel plant in the district. "Till February 23, 2008, the state government has paid a compensation of Rs 34.75 crore to 1,009 people against …
the Chhattisgarh government recently announced it would market a popular local alchoholic beverage made from a palm species unaware that a mysterious disease has slowly been killing the species over the past five years. The state's fishtail palm, popularly known as sulphi, has been drying up in state's Naxal-affected Bastar …
Following one of the fiercest attacks by Naxals in Chhattisgarh, in which at least 55 police personnel were killed in Bastar, the state government has announced the setting up of an expert committee to look into the Naxal problem in the state. "We want a new strategy on Naxalites to …
the police in Keshkal, in Chattisgarh's Bastar district, has opened a can of worms after releasing 19 surrendered naxalites, on January 11, after declaring that no cases are registered against them. Earlier, on January 3 in Raipur, 79 alleged naxalites surrendered in the presence of chief minister Raman Singh. The …
