प्राकृतिक संसधनों के दोहन के खिलाफ 3 दिवसीय पदयात्रा की हुई शुरुआत, कोल प्रभावित इलाकों के हजारों मजदूर-किसान हुए शामिल

TRP The Rural Press | Feb 21, 2023

रायपुर। छत्तीसगढ़ के रायगढ़ जिले में तमनार विकास खंड के ग्राम पंचायत पेलमा से “जल-जंगल-जमीन” बचाने को लेकर तीन दिवसीय पदयात्रा की आज शुरूआत हुई। इस पदयात्रा में सैकड़ों की संख्या में ग्रामीण हिस्सा ले रहे हैं। कोयला सत्याग्रह के नाम पर देशभर में मशहूर हो चुके ग्राम पेलमा में पदयात्रा की शुरुआत के मौके पर ग्रामीणों ने संविधान के उद्देश्य का पठन किया।

विस्थापन और पर्यावरण प्रदूषण की विभीषिका
रायगढ़ जिले के कोयला प्रभावित इलाकों में शुरू हुई इस पदयात्रा में ग्रामीणों के स्वःस्फूर्त शामिल होने की प्रमुख वजह यहां आदिवासियों के प्रकृतिक संसाधन जल जंगल और जमीन के विदोहन को माना जा रहा है, जिसकी वजह से इलाके के जंगल ख़त्म होते जा रहे हैं। रायगढ़ जिले के तमनार, घरघोड़ा और धरमजयगढ इलाके में एसईसीएल, हिंडालको, अडानी, जिंदल कंपनी द्वारा बेतहाशा कोयला खनन के साथ ही पावर प्लांटों का संचालन किया जा रहा है। इससे पूरे इलाके में प्रदूषण फैल रहा है और जर्जर सड़कों के चलते हादसे भी हो रहे हैं।

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‘Misuse’ of PESA Act in Ghar Wapsi of Chhattisgarh Tribal Christians: Report

NEWS Click | Kashif Kakvi | 21 Feb 2023

A fact-finding team finds abuse of the Act to banish more than 1,000 tribal Christians from their villages because they refused to embrace Hinduism.

Bhopal: The implementation of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, (PESA) by Chhattisgarh last August has allegedly become a tool for ‘Ghar Wapsi’ of tribals.

Abusing the Act’s clause (d), under the influence of Hindu extremist groups, Gram Sabhas banished more than 1,000 tribal Christians from their villages because they refused to embrace Hinduism, according to a fact-finding team.

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Mancherial: mm&P vows to protect rights of people affected by mining of minerals

Telangana Today | Feb 20, 2023
The meeting was chaired by chairperson of the body Ravi Rebbapragada and attended by 15 members belonging to 16 states

Mancherial: Members of Mines, Mineral and People (MMP), a national network of voluntary organisations that works for rights of people affected by mining, held a meeting in Mancherial on Sunday. The meeting was chaired by chairperson of the body Ravi Rebbapragada and attended by 15 members belonging to 11 states.

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Odisha: Dues ‘Not Settled’ for Years, Irate Villagers Shut Down Coal Mines in Sundergarh Dist

News Click | Ayaskant Das | 04 Feb 2023

The Supreme Court has set clear deadlines for the settlement of land compensation and rehabilitation issues.

New Delhi: Local communities in an adivasi-dominated district of western Odisha have forcibly shut down at least two coal mines, alleging that outstanding issues pertaining to land compensation and their rehabilitation have not been settled. As a result, operations have remained in complete limbo in Sundargarh district’s Jamkhani and Siarmal open cast projects for over a month, even as government authorities and mine owners have failed to arrive at a consensus with agitating locals.

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Drop pumped storage hydroelectric projects granted to various private entities in Fifth Schedule region, HRF urges Andhra Pradesh government

The Hindu | Jan 17, 2023

‘Adivasis in these areas have been deliberately kept in the dark’

The Human Rights Forum (HRF) demanded that the State Government drop the pumped storage hydroelectric Projects (PSPs) granted to various private entities in the Fifth Schedule region of Alluri Sitarama Raju and Parvathipuram-Manyam districts.

Speaking to The Hindu here on Tuesday, V.S. Krishna, HRF AP and TS Coordination Committee member, said that there are proposals for four PSPs in the Fifth Schedule region that have been cleared by the State Government recently.

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