Tag: protest

Nuclear Power Usurps Farmers’ Land

 
/ March 23, 2011

In Haryana, the government is trying to seize 1500 acres of  fertile land to build a nuclear power plant.

Gurjar Protests Create Havoc

 
/ February 24, 2011

A marginalised community in Rajasthan demands reservation, inconveniences local villagers.

Proposed Dump Site Threatens Water Source

 
/ February 10, 2011

Chennai’s lake Chembarambakkam will be polluted if a proposed dumping site is built.

Dam Built, Tribals Damned

 
/ November 19, 2010

Villagers displaced by the Mogra dam project have still not been rehabilitated five years later.

Women’s Market: So Close, Yet So Far!

 
/ November 16, 2010

Tribal women seek access to India’s only all women’s market in Manipur.

Riot: Who Benefits?

 
/ October 11, 2010

Dominant groups often use violent forms of protest to press their point. This video from Haryana, India shows how an entire community suffers during such riot.

Dam – Way To Develop Or Destroy?

 
/ October 8, 2010

40,000 tribal people face displacement, starvation as government builds mega dam in Manipur, north east India

Marchers Protest Dam

 
/ May 21, 2010

The Sardar Sarovar Dam project has already displaced thousands in the Narmada River Valley.