Forcible Land Acquisition
The saga of peasant resistance: how farmers defeated the land grab by India’s Karnataka state
The nearly 1,200 days-long resistance to forced land-acquisition by India’s Karnataka state yielded victory on July 15, with the chief minister scrapping notices sent to farmers, recognizing their struggle as “historic”.
Thousands of farmers fear possible evictions in Pakistan’s Punjab province for planned megacity
The Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project was initiated in August 2020 with the objective to address “issues of pollution, sewage, housing and employment.”
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