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Flood displaces over 2 lakh people in Assam; two killed

Guwahati: A wave of flood, triggered by incessant rains along the foothills of Arunachal Pradesh and eastern Assam districts, has killed two persons and inundated hundreds of hectares of crop land rendering over two lakh people homeless so far in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts where rivers, on spate, have overtopped embankments in many places disrupting surface communication.

Date:: 14/08/2009
Source:: Shillong Times (Shillong)

Old War, New Bodies

Gujarat, MP and Maharashtra governments want the dam to go higher, but SC says every oustee should first be rehabilitated • Two lakh people affected by the dam.

Author(s):: Tusha Mittal
Date:: 08/08/2009
Source:: Tehelka (New Delhi)

A slow but sure step forward

Ramaswamy R. Iyer

The very fact that the government is thinking of a rehabilitation law and of amending the Land Acquisition Act is an achievement for public opinion.

Date:: 07/08/2009
Source:: Hindu (New Delhi)

Jharia rehab panel loses bite

The Jharia Rehabilitation and Development Authority (JRDA), in-charge of relocating thousands of families who will have to vacate their homes on the mining town's fire zone, has been de-registered, dealing a body blow to the implementation of the Rs 7,028 crore rehabilitation package cleared by the Centre a week ago.

Date:: 07/08/2009
Source:: Telegraph (Ranchi)

Jharia rehab drive under fire

Dissatisfied with the progress of the ongoing fire zone rehabilitation, Jharia Coalfield Bachao Samiti, a frontal organisation fighting against forced evacuation, has decided to launch awareness campaigns among school students and masses, along with a peace rally pressing for residents' right to rehabilitation.

Date:: 06/08/2009
Source:: Telegraph (Ranchi)

Project-hit launch indefinite demonstration

Siddhesh Inamdar

Mumbai: Project-displaced people from Pune, Hingoli, Nandurbar, Satara and other districts of Maharashtra gathered at the Azad Maidan here on Thursday and announced the start of an indefinite demonstration, asking for justice. The agitation has been organised by the National Alliance of Peoples Movements and is being led by activist Medha Patkar.

Date:: 01/08/2009
Source:: Hindu (New Delhi)

Keeping India's economic engine going: Climate change and the urbanisation question

Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must accept that the existing urbanisation models are unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no available alternative trajectory.

Author(s):: Aromar Revi,; Partha Mukhopadhyay
Date:: Aug 2009
Source:: Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 44 Issue: 31 pp: 59-70
Attachments:: Climate Change and the Urbanisation Question.pdf

Compensation to Mapithel dam-affected people sought

The Mapithel Dam Affected Ching-Tam Organization (MDACTO) chairman, Rantha Shaiza, addressing a press conference in Imphal today, said that they were not against the construction of Mapithel dam, their only demand was that the Government of Manipur give appropriate compensation without any discrimination to the people affected by the dam.

Date:: 31/07/2009
Source:: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Hundreds displaced due to floods

Hundreds of families have been displaced from their homes in various districts across the country due to floods ensued by incessant rains since the past few days.

Date:: 29/07/2009
Source:: Nepal News (Nepal)

495 families displaced by Kotmale Reservoir Project resettled

The government yesterday donated houses to 495 families who were displaced by the construction of the Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Project, inaugurated by President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the President's House in Kandy, Ministry of Power and Energy sources said. The project was estimated to cost approximately Rs 38 million.