SKM CONDEMNS POLICE BRUTALITY ON FARMERS IN WEST BENGAL’S FARAKKA TO FORCEFULLY ERECT ADANI GROUP’S HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY POWER-LINE. Samyukt Kisan Morcha has condemned the Govt. of West Bengal for forcefully taking land and right-of-way from farmers, including horticulture farmers, at Farakka area of Murshidabad district of West Bengal, for Adani Group’s grid power-lines. […]
ঝাড়খণ্ডের গোড্ডা জেলায় আদানি গোষ্ঠীর তাপ বিদ্যুৎ প্রকল্প চালু হবার মুখে। প্রতিবাদীদের মিথ্যা মামলায় ফাঁসিয়ে, জোর করে জমি নিয়েছে আদানি গোষ্ঠী। গোড্ডা থেকে পাকুড় হয়ে, মুর্শিদাবাদ জেলার ফরাক্কার বল্লালপুর, সামসপুর, ভোলাকান্দি, দাদনটোলা ও ইমামনগর হয়ে পদ্মার উপর দিয়ে বাংলাদেশের নবাবগঞ্জ-রাজশাহি হয়ে বিদ্যুৎ-এর লাইন পৌঁছবে রংপুর পাওয়ার গ্রিডে। ফরাক্কার ৫-৭ কিলোমিটার এলাকা নিয়ে আদানি পাওয়ার লিমিটেডের সঙ্গে […]
The workers (of Daloo Tea Estate) were forced to retreat in the face of a massive gathering of armed forces and coercive muscles of the state-power. But this retreat of the workers is temporary. It is temporary in the sense that if a subjective force can be developed which can theoretically construct the path of […]
In the name of constructing a “Green” Solar Power Project, Azure Power and APDCL is snatching fertile agricultural lands of Ryots in Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Assam. The culture, identity, life and livelihood of Karbi and Adivasi farmers of the village are under grave threat. This is just the beginning of capturing the land […]
‘Resisting dispossession: The Odisha Story’ is a book written by Nigamananda Sadangi and Ranjana Padhi on people’s movements in Odisha, published in India by Aakar Books. It documents the struggles, based on testimonials of the people who lost their land, livelihood, culture, dignity as well as lives of their relatives, friends and members of their community […]
Odisha’s Government conspires to grab land from the people affected by COVID-19 lockdown and Super Cyclone Amphan for the proposed JSW Utkal project. Surya Shankar Dash reports from Odisha. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and super cyclone Amphan, the district administration of Jagatsingpur in Odisha, is busy hatching new conspiracies to usurp the land of […]
While much has been said and written about the impact of the cutting down of the Aarey forest in Mumbai on climate and the environment, what has remained largely under-reported is the impact this will have on the lives of those who are residents of these forests. Mumbai’s Adivasi settlements are under siege. They are […]