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 …
The Himachal Pradesh government has made a number of false statements on crucial issues affecting the villagers of Gagret in Una district relating to the land that will be acquired for a proposed special economic zone. An airport that is to come up will affect the population of 25 villages, …
The government of Narendra Modi has always maintained that Gujarat epitomises good governance. But transparency, a prominent feature of good governance, is missing when it comes to information about the Nano project agreement with the Tatas.
The government today issued a noti- fication for the acquisition of around 3,500 acres for the airport city in Andal amid murmurs of protest. Burdwan district officials said the notification was put up in panchayat and block offices and villagers have been asked to file their objections, if any, within …
Compensation for land acquired, two toll plazas and maintenance of roads to be discussed on Dec 16 Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways T R Baalu inaugurated the four-lane Chandigarh-Ambala highway on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, he assured the ministers from Punjab and Haryana that all the …
The groundwork for setting up four integrated steel plants in Dumka and Jamtara is likely to begin next month. The state government has agreed to renew the MoUs that expired in February this year and has directed officials to initiate necessary steps to make the proposed industries functional at the …
Ahmedabad: The farmers of Khoda village in Sanand taluka on Wednesday moved Gujarat High Court seeking direction to the state government that it should give compensation towards market value of their land sold to Tata Motors for the upcoming Nano project. A division bench of Justice MS Shah and Justice …
Even the 2.5 cent land given for marginalised people under the kudimanai patta category is now being sought for the SEZ THE government of Tamil Nadu is acquiring lands for the various Special Economic Zones in the State through force and coercion, affected people alleged here on Wednesday. Deposing at …
SALEM: In an effort to create adequate public convenience facilities in the city, the civic body has taken up the construction of nine sanitary complexes under the Valmiki Ambedkar Awaz Yojna. The construction of two complexes taken up in Ammapet zone has been completed, while the work is progressing at …
Rajahmundry Dec. 2: Two more rehabilitation colonies are getting ready at Thotagondhi and Mamidigondhi for the benefit of the Indira Sagar Polavaram project-affected people from Polavaram mandal as part of the relief and rehabilitation package in West Godavari shortly. As many as 29 villages (including three de-populated villages) are going …
Rituparna Bhuyan / New Delhi December 1, 2008, 0:43 IST A special economic zone (SEZ) to be co-developed by a state-run oil company in Karnataka has run into trouble, with local farmers complaining of forcible acquisition. However, the Union commerce ministry, which notifies SEZs, has given a clean chit to …
Expressing resentment over acquisition of agriculture land by the government for developing an industrial sector adjacent to the GT road, farmers of Jatheri, Badkhalsa, Badmalik, Liwan, Rai and Peetampura have decided to move court as well as to launch an agitation against the acquisition move of the government. The decision …
Detailed project report on the Yamuna Interceptor Sewer Project prepared by EIL.The project will ensure that sewage from various drains that fall directly into the Yamuna, is diverted to the STPs where it will be treated first and then allowed to reach the river. The objectives of the Interceptor Sewerage …
There is clearly an institutionalized attitude of neglect towards the displaced people. For example no record of the number of people displaced is maintained. Such attitudes prevent the bureaucratic mindset from understanding the enormity of what is involved when tribal people, stripped of their land, are forcibly dumped to unlivable …
In the era of liberalization and privatization, a sizeable number of mineral processing industries are coming to invest in the mineral rich state of Orissa. As a result, there is large involuntary population displacement of the marginalized sections including tribal. There is resistance leading to agitation by 'already' and 'potential' …
On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribal people protesting against Tatas constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation. But even in this tragic …
In the recent past, two major policy interventions have been made to resettle and rehabilitate persons displaced as a result of acquisition of land for development projects. While the government of Orissa brought out its policy in 2006, the Central Government notified a new policy in 2007. Both policies suffer …
Development projects that involve displacement are currently a cause of growing concern everywhere. The worrisome aspect is that it is the poor who are hurt most in the process, becoming poorer than before. This paper, based on the author's experiences with people-displacing projects in Orissa, provides a vivid first hand …
