Affidavit filed by Chhattisgarh East West Railway Limited in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2025. The appeal was disposed of by the NGT, April 29, 2019. However, the order was challenged before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC, November 26, 2024 disposed of …
Coal is an important part of India’s economic growth story. However coal mining in India also has a different cost, borne by the communities affected by these mines, who are rarely meaningfully informed or consulted when their land is acquired, their forests decimated, and their livelihoods jeopardised. This report examines …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.Rajesh Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 13/07/2016 regarding LBS Centre for Science and Technology (LBSCS & T) from carrying out any construction activity in connection with the establishment of a new campus for LBS Integrated …
Farmers are taking the matter of temporary land acquisition by Jal Nigam under the Gangajal Project to the high court. Eight farmers have already filed petitions against the move and, according to the sources, at least six others are also preparing to move HC. According to officials, these lawsuits may …
The Centre had laid down 33 conditions while granting the approval and documents show that the Maharashtra government is yet to fulfill some of the crucial ones, even as a proposal for the final recommendations is due. Three years after the Maharashtra government was granted a principal approval to utilise …
Tender floated for construction of open pit mine, processing plant in South West Khasi Hills Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has warned the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) that if it carries out uranium mining in the State, it will be at its own risk. When asked about the tender …
Gandhinagar: The Centre has raised objections over the controversial 'Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2016', which was passed by the Gujarat assembly amid stiff opposition by Congress in the March 2016. The department of land resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of …
The ministry of forest and environment and climate change has granted final clearance to the Vadodara-Mumbai expressway. The 380-km project which will be taken up in three phases is now facing the hurdle of land acquisition as land owners of in Gujarat and Maharashtra have registered their protest. National Highway …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority Vs Savitri Mohan & Others dated 29/06/2016 regarding acquisition of land for the ‘planned industrial development’ of Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA). Land of the respondents is in Village Chhapruala and is part …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority Versus S.S. Naidu & Others dated 29/06/2016 regarding land acquisition of of TS No.83/1 of Waltair Ward of Visakhapatnam for the purpose of widening of a road. The award was made and ultimately compensation in …
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania's decision to halt a multi-million dollar energy project to protect a wildlife sanctuary and farming land is a "victory" for vulnerable local communities, a global aid agency said. The $569 million bioelectricity plant threatened to evict more than 1,500 villagers from their …
The Forum for Development of North Andhra (FDNA) on Tuesday alleged that both the Union and State governments were trying to convert Srikakulam district into a dumping yard by making arrangements for the construction of the country’s biggest atomic power plant with ‘outdated’ technology supplied by American multi-national company Westinghouse …
About 30,000 villagers in Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand may lose their land if the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) goes ahead with its plans to acquire nearly 17,000 acres for its coal mining project. The project, which will affect about 32 villages in the Keredari and Barkagaon block, has met …
More than three people were killed a week in 2015 defending their land, forests and rivers against destructive industries, according to Global Witness. The organisation’s new report, On Dangerous Ground, documents 185 known deaths worldwide last year – by far the highest annual death toll on record and a 59% …
The global farmland grab is far from over – there are new "hard-core" initiatives with the aim of expanding industrial agriculture, intensifying conflict around the world, according to this new report released by GRAIN. Eight years after releasing its first report on land grabbing, which put the issue on the …
Encroaching on Land and Livelihoods examines whether national expropriation laws in 30 countries across Asia and Africa follow the international standards established in Section 16 of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries, and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGTs). Section 16 …
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 10 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 (No. 30 of 2013), the Central Government, hereby, notifies that the acquisition of agricultural land in aggregate for all projects in a …
CRDA to hold hearings for farmers at all villages from June 13. Amaravati: CRDA has decided to resolve the objections filed by the farmers of Amaravati capital region. Nearly 10,000 objections were filed by the farmers expressing their reluctance to pool their farmlands under Land Pooling Scheme (LPS) to establish …
In a rare victory for landless villagers in Africa, more than 1,500 people have been spared eviction to make way for an energy plant after the Tanzanian government halted the project citing concern for wildlife in a nearby sanctuary. The bioelectricity plant was to be built in Saadani National Park …
DAR ES SALAAM (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tanzania has begun a nationwide programme to seize land left undeveloped by investors and return it to poor farmers, in a bid to quell conflicts between farmers, herders and developers. For more than a decade, foreign investors have bought up large tracts of …
The over 50 representations made orally and on paper included people’s complaint that they were not compensated adequately. Hyderabad: Activists of Human Rights Forum on Tuesday opposed the setting up of a 5x800 MW thermal power plant at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district, popularly known as Yadadri power plant. At a …
