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690

Ongoing Conflicts Reported

8.0M

People Affected by Land Conflicts
infrastructure
Infrastructure
industry
Industry
power
Power
mining
Mining
Conservation and Forestryland use
Land Use
Conservation
and Forestry

Tracking natural resource disputes in India

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719
Total Conflicts Reported
8.0M
People Affected by Land Conflicts
₹2.9T
Worth of Investment Affected
42

Researchers On-Field

Recent Land Conflicts
The latest conflicts in our database

Nomadic communities driven to abject poverty by the Welspun Solar MP Project

Common
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70
305
1100

Bhagwanpura

Neemuch

ver

Power

Sector

Madhya Pradesh

State

Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Project fails to create employment for locals

Common and Private
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1590
4500

Rewa

Rewa

ver

Power

Sector

Madhya Pradesh

State

Karbi-Pnar communities clash in Khanduli village over a dispute at Assam - Meghalaya border

Common
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Khanduli

West Jaintia Hills

ver

Land Use

Sector

Meghalaya

State

Several houses and shops demolished in a massive demolition drive in Tripura

Common
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Agartala

Agartala

ver

Infrastructure

Sector

Tripura

State

Canal rejuvenation project set for a rollout despite opposition from community members in Kochi, Kerala

Common and Private
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3930
182
1418

Perandoor

Ernakulam

ver

Infrastructure

Sector

Kerala

State

Public protests against eviction drive in Margherita, Assam

Common
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Arunodaya Sonowal

Tinsukia

ver

Land Use

Sector

Assam

State

Lawyers protest against Assam government’s decision to shift the Gauhati High Court to the outskirts of Guwahati

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25

Guwahati

Kamrup Metropolitan

ver

Infrastructure

Sector

Assam

State

Over 2,500 families evicted from Burhachapari Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam

Common
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1892

Tezpur

Sonitpur

ver

Conservation and Forestry

Sector

Assam

State

In-Depth
Latest stories based on our research

Two years after Assam evictions, hundreds of families wait for their promised land

Evicted for an agricultural project in September 2021, thousands of Bengali-speaking Muslim farmers survive in squalid shelters today.

September 22, 2023

Mahmodul Hassan

Rich Countries' Proposal Can Block India, Pakistan From Accessing Loss and Damage Fund

September 7, 2023

Mrinali K.

Purse Seine Ban in Tamil Nadu: A conflict over Coastal Resources

September 7, 2023

Jeff Joseph

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Blogs
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September 26, 2023

Revisiting the ruins of #evictiiondrive in Assam

Researcher:

Mahmodul Hassan

September 8, 2023

Is Tamil Nadu's ban on purse seine fishing justified?

Researcher:

Jeff Joseph

September 7, 2023

Delhi's poor bear the brunt of #G20-linked evictions

Researcher:

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