An Independent People’s Tribunal (IPT) led by Hon’ble Justice (Retd.) A.P. Shah (Retired Chief Justice, Delhi and Mumbai High Court), Dr. Devinder Sharma (International Researcher and Agriculture Policy Analyst) and Prof. Jaya Sagade (Faculty, Indian Law Society, Law College, Pune) concluded their two-day visit and mass public hearing in the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) affected region in Narmada valley today evening. Read the rest of this entry »
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Worried over the current wave of violence in the country, 50 concerned citizens from 13 states undertook a peace march in the Naxal affected state of Chhattisgarh. Organised by Dr. Banwarilal Sharma, the march took off from Raipur on May 5 and ended at Dantewada, the hotbed of Maoist violence, on May 8. Read the rest of this entry »
Itanagar, May 27, 2010: Even as the state is trying to piece together the shocking lathi charge and firing on protestors at Pongging against 2700 MW Lower Siang project, condemnation has poured in from all sections of the state. Read the rest of this entry »
Pasighat, May 26, 2010: In a bizarre turn of events, the CRPF resorted to lathi charge and blank firing injuring at least four people in Pongging as villagers protested against construction of 2700 MW Lower Siang Hydro Electric Project by J P Associates. Read the rest of this entry »
New Delhi, May 25, 2010: NHPC, the country’s largest hydro power producer, today said that 1,500MW Tipaimukh Dam Project in Manipur is going ahead, despite objections from neighbouring Bangladesh which fears that rivers on its territory could be adversely impacted by the project. Read the rest of this entry »
