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Month: February 2018

How corporate land grab is sought to be legitimized in Chhattisgarhby misusing legal framework

How corporate land grab is sought to be legitimized in Chhattisgarhby misusing legal framework

Counterview / By Sudha Bharadwaj


There would be little doubt in the mind of even the most cursory observer of contemporary events in Chhattisgarh, that the most burning issue agitating the peasantry and adivasis there today, is displacement on an unprecedented scale – for mining, setting up of industries, dams, sanctuaries, four laning of highways, the posh capital region, and even army and air bases.
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The legal face of corporate land grab in Chhattisgarh

The legal face of corporate land grab in Chhattisgarh

India Environmental Portal / By Janhit Peoples’ Legal Resource Centre (Sudha Bharadwaj a.o.)


In the entire mineral rich region of Orissa, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, where even non-Naxal areas (Posco, Kathikund, Kalinganagar, Narayanpatna, Potka) are seeing brutal police repression, mining seems to be the motivating factor for a ground clearing of the adivasis – if necessary by war, as in Dantewada. However, the present note does not seek to document the above in any detail, but only deals with a very specific aspect of the above process, namely the legal framework in which it is sought to be legitimized, and some of the serious issues that the “legal face” of this land grab raises.
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