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Apart from forcing project authorities to rehabilitate them, a struggle helps the weak communities

If the entire Odisha is presently reeling under frequent power cuts amid soaring temperature these days it is solely because of the failure in hydropower generation

An excerpt from an essay by Virginius Xaxa, from ‘Being Adivasi’, edited by Abhay Xaxa and Ganesh N Devy.

NHRC directs Odisha Chief Secretary to rehabilitate people displaced due to various project works ANI | Updated: May 09, 2021 18:08 IST Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 9 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed the Odisha Chief Secretary on Sunday to take appropriate measures to compensate, rehabilitate and resettle people affected in Koraput district due to different projects. The direction came in response to a petition filed by human...

In January 2021, the Supreme Court will hear a petition seeking the rehabilitation of thousands of families displaced more than five decades ago by the Pong Dam in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. The dam had submerged the lands of over 30,000 families who were promised rehabilitation in Rajasthan, in areas irrigated by the dams waters. About 8,000 families are still awaiting rehabilitation--they have either not been allotted land in Rajasthan or had their allotments cancelled by the stat...