In Odisha, funds meant for mining-affected communities are being diverted to urban areas

Those living in mining areas have been seeking assistance for basic amenities for decades.

Manish Kumar

· May 09, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In photos: How Bhutan’s flourishing hydropower is damaging homes across the country

Rural communities have found cracks developing in their homes with the continuous blasting for construction.

Dawa Gyelmo

· Dec 11, 2020 · 07:30 pm

In an Odisha village, locals oppose a steel plant that threatens over 1,000 hectares of forest land

Residents of Jagatsinghpur district had a similar brush with a South Korean company in 2017.

Mayank Aggarwal

· Mar 07, 2020 · 01:30 pm

Who’s the Smart City for? As India develops its decrepit urban centres, the poor have to suffer

Patna offers a tragic example.

Sujeet Kumar, The Conversation

· Jan 06, 2019 · 07:30 pm

‘We will not budge’: Mass protests against its pet projects put Kerala’s ruling CPI(M) in a bind

But Pinarayi Vijayan says his government will not ‘succumb to pressure from anti-development activists’.

TA Ameerudheen

· Nov 10, 2017 · 06:30 am

How Telangana is breaking the law to build a power project

The Bhadradri Thermal Power Plant is being constructed despite the absence of environmental clearances and a stay from the National Green Tribunal, activists say.

Ayesha Minhaz

· Dec 28, 2015 · 09:15 am

As Narmada dam rises, states continue to lie about rehabilitating affected people, says new report

Civil society expert team finds gap between official promises and the situation on the ground.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 13, 2015 · 02:30 pm