Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
Most governments of South Asian countries claim to be stern upholders of democracy. They claim to have maintained high levels of transparency and accountability and to have respected the rule of law necessary for the promotion of the interests of their citizens. These are nothing but political dogmas preached by …
The Lok Sabha tonight okayed a new farmer-friendly land acquisition Bill that promises to address landowners’ concerns as regards relief and rehabilitation. A last-minute division of votes forced by the Trinamool Congress saw 216 members voting in its favour and 19 against it. A recently acquired land in Mullanpur The …
A Bill to ensure, in consultation with institutions of local self-government and Gram Sabhas established under the Constitution, a humane, participative, informed and transparent process for land acquisition for industrialisation, development of essential infrastructural facilities and urbanisation with the least disturbance to the owners of the land and other affected …
At least 8,000 persons have been displaced in the district due to floods since August 14. Though there is no loss of human life, there are reports of loss to livestock in certain areas. Sources in the district administration said nearly 3,700 persons had been displaced in Muktsar sub-division, 2,700 …
BHUBANESWAR: Families affected by Hirakud dam staged a demonstration outside the assembly here on Saturday, demanding 10 decimal of homestead land to each family. Ousted in 1955-56, the families also demanded immediate conversion of all the 34 un-surveyed villages, located on bank of the reservoir, to revenue villages. In their …
Quick step by govt to provide alternate source only hope for Lanjigarh refinery The 12-0 drubbing in gram sabhas held to seek a referendum on bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills has pushed into uncertainty the fate of Rs 5,000 crore one million tonne refinery of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) at Lanjigarh, …
As many as 141 families in different Village Development Committees (VDCs) in the district have been displaced due to landslide risk. Two schools have also closed due to the same reason. Among the displaced families are 39 families from Suwanauli VDC-2. The local Afghan Primary School building has also sunk …
Kishanganga Power Project To ensure supply of safe drinking water to the population living in and around the catchment areas of Kishanganga Power Project, coming up in district Bandipora, a water filtration plant would be installed and commissioned by Oct this year while Rs. 75 crore have been earmarked for …
City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) led by bureaucrat Sanjay Bhatia had drafted a strategy to pacify agitated project-affected persons (PAPs) in Navi Mumbai. “We have learnt lessons from the strife over land acquisition for the Navi Mumbai airport project. Now, we have drafted a 26-point action plan so that …
In what may be the highest-ever compensation package, those affected by the proposed Navi Mumbai airport, set to come up on 400 hectares, will get an additional 10% developed land, over and above the 12.5% offered against land acquisitions. The compensation decision, taken by the Cidco, reportedly received a nod …
Families to be given plots at Khaniara village, Rs 3 lakh as compensation Minister for Housing and Urban Development Sudhir Sharma today announced a compensation package for the 23 families of the Terra Lines area who were evacuated from their houses after a landslide a few days ago. The minister, …
Villagers of three gram panchayats in the Jispa valley have said they will never allow the 300-MW Jispa Dam on the Bhaga river, which has been declared a project of national importance by the Central Government as it is being executed as part of the Indus Water Treaty. The dam …
More than 8,116 persons continued to be displaced due to floods and stormy conditions in eight districts during the past three days. The Met. Department said more windy conditions could be expected countrywide due to the cyclone, ‘JEBI’, near Vietnam. According to latest figures, issued by the Disaster Management Centre …
Large dams on India’s major rivers are perceived as drivers of growth to meet the soaring demand for water and energy. Hydropower now plays a central role in the country’s efforts to boost electricity generation. Northeast India is slated to become the future powerhouse of the country. This guide by …
Vedanta may have look for an alternative mining site to feed its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha as its plan to mine Niyamgiri hills in the state may not get the Union environment ministry's nod amid strong protests from villagers. Government sources indicated that since eight of the 12 …
The world's highest deforestation rate, the execution of eight environmental activists including a Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and ongoing turmoil surrounding oil operations in the Niger River Delta has created a notoriously disreputable environmental record for the West African country. Now, a new threat is rising in the already-compromised forests …
Mumbai may finally get its new airport now as a panel of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has given the ‘green signal’ for the multi-billion rupee project. The proposal had also received an intense push from Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan who had met Union environment minister …
Pachpadra Residents Want Work To Start The demand to set up the proposed refinery at Leelala in Baytoo area of Barmer district is gaining momentum. After staging dharna in Barmer and Baytoo, the Refinery Bachao Samiti has started preparations for a dharna on Monday near the Mangala oil fields. Samiti …
Order of the Jharkhand High Court regarding open cast mining in Kusumtola of Tandwa Block at Chatra District, Jharkhand dated 25/07/2013 in the matter of Suresh Oraon Vs The Union Of India & Others dated 25/07/2013. Original Source
NGT permitted Medha Patkar, Aradhana Bhargava, Sajje Rao & other project affected villagers to go ahead with petition filed by them challenging environmental clearance granted to Adani Pench Power Project in Chhindwara. Read text of this order. National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on Pench thermal power project dated 11 July …
