Displacement Due to Mining Projects in India

A strange pattern is going on across the entire country. In Madhya Pradesh,

5,288 families are leaving their homes. In Talabira, Odisha, 1,894 families are

ओडिशा के तालाबीरा में 1,894 फैमिलीज डिस्प्लेस हो रहे हैं।

being displaced. And in many other places too, people are losing their homes.

Adani holds the tender for coal mining in Hasdeo Arand, Chhattisgarh.

Adani holds the tender for the coal project in Talabira.

Adani also holds the tender for the thermal power plant being built in Assam.

And Vedanta holds the tender for the bauxite mining happening in Odisha.

So clearly, this displacement is not happening due to some pandemic or

These are just well- thought- out decisions that sell very well in India in the

name of development. And every time, the same script plays out.

Land is taken away from the tribals,

questions are raised about consent, and even the

environmental impact assessment of the project is conducted by the company itself,

And clearance is granted even while the case is pending.

But who is right and wrong in all of this? The companies that are mining,

the government providing land and permission, or the people who are being forced to

the government providing land and permission, or the people who are being forced to

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