सिजीमाली में खदान परियोजना: विकास किसके लिए और किस क़ीमत पर?

ओडिशा में बॉक्साइट खदान की प्रस्तावित परियोजना के कारण ओडिशा के रायगढ़ा और कालाहांडी ज़िलों में फैली सिजीमाली पहाड़ियां अपने अस्तित्व को बचाने की एक अहम लड़ाई लड़ रही हैं. खनिज निकालने की इस...

Read more August 13, 2026 at 5:00 pm Deepmala Patel

सिजीमाली विरोध-प्रदर्शन एक अहम सवाल उठाते हैं: वित्तीय संस्थानों को ऐसे प्रोजेक्ट्स में जनता का पैसा क्यों लगाना चाहिए जिनसे सामाजिक, पर्यावरणीय और जलवायु-संबंधी नुकसान होता हो?

Read more July 7, 2026 at 5:47 pm Deepmala Patel

The Sijimali protests raise a crucial question: why should financial institutions invest public money in projects generating social, environmental, and climate-related harm

In March 2023, the Government of Odisha granted a 50-year mining lease to Vedanta Limited for the captive extraction of bauxite in the Sijimali Hills located in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts. Both districts...

Read more June 8, 2026 at 1:51 pm Deepmala Patel

Midnight raids and mining rights: Odisha tribes take on Vedanta again

Tribal communities in Odisha’s Rayagada district are locked in an intensifying confrontation with mining giant Vedanta Limited over a proposed bauxite extraction project in the Sijimali hills — a conflict that erupted into violence...

Read more May 13, 2026 at 11:42 am Deepmala Patel

Development vs community: New coal politics and old conflicts in Madhya Pradesh

The Singrauli region of Madhya Pradesh, often described as “India’s energy capital,” has for decades been a hub of coal mining and thermal power generation. Today, the Dhirouli coal mine project in this district...

Read more March 2, 2026 at 7:16 pm Deepmala Patel

Affected people strongly oppose illegal land leveling by Adani company

Illegal land leveling work was started by Adani Company in the Adani Anuppur Thermal Power Plant area in Kotma, Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh. The affected people are strongly opposing this. Welspun Company had...

Read more June 3, 2025 at 5:53 pm Deepmala Patel

3200 MW Adani Anuppur Project: A Threat to Tiger Corridors and Local Livelihoods

The Adani Group is planning to build a 3,200 (4 × 800) MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant

Read more May 6, 2025 at 4:03 pm Deepmala Patel

कोणत्या किंमतीवर? कोराडी पॉवर प्लांटचा विस्तार करण्याच्या महाराष्ट्राच्या योजनेत अनेक धोके आहेत

पर्यावरण आणि आर्थिक भार महाजेनकोच्या कोराडी फेज-2 योजनेला आच्छादित करतात. 19 सप्टेंबर 2024 रोजी, EAC ने नागपूर, महाराष्ट्र येथे 660 मेगावॅट क्षमतेच्या कोळसा-आधारित सुपरक्रिटिकल थर्मल पॉवर प्लांटच्या प्रस्तावित दोन युनिट्सना पर्यावरणीय मंजुरी दिली. महाराष्ट्रातील...

Read more December 10, 2024 at 12:39 pm Deepmala Patel

At what cost? Maharashtra’s plan to expand Koradi power plant carries several risks

Environmental clearance (EC) has finally been granted for two new 660 megawatt (MW) supercritical thermal power units at the state-owned power utility Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (Mahagenco) Koradi Thermal Power Plant in...

Read more December 5, 2024 at 9:16 am Deepmala Patel

New Phase, Old Problems: Questioning the Human Cost of NTPC Gadarwara’s Expansion

The second stage of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) owned Gadarwara Thermal Power Plant located in Narsingpur district of Madhya Pradesh, 2*800 (1600 MW) is currently in process.

Read more November 22, 2024 at 7:43 pm Deepmala Patel

New Phase, Old Problems: Questioning the Human Cost of NTPC Gadarwara’s Expansion

The second stage of National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) owned Gadarwara Thermal Power Plant located in Narsingpur district of Madhya Pradesh, 2*800 (1600 MW) is currently in process. The minutes of the March...

Read more October 28, 2024 at 4:51 pm Deepmala Patel

Singrauli: Section 144 imposed in Adani operated Suliyari and Dhiroli coal mine region

In a violation of the democratic rights of citizens, the District Magistrate imposed Section 144 in the Suliyari and Dhiroli areas of Singrauli on June 17th.

Read more July 4, 2024 at 4:13 pm Deepmala Patel

Power plants are unable to eliminate the dangerous fly ash reserves

Avantha Power and Infrastructure had promised to provide employment to the people living in the area when the Jhabua power plant was commissioned. Although it is currently owned by NTPC, this power plant which...

Read more June 19, 2024 at 1:58 pm Deepmala Patel

Corporates dominate coal mines in Singrauli region

Indian coal reserves are so huge that they exceed internal demand and can even be exported. Yet, at all international forums, Modi says India is ready to cut its emissions and become a "leading...

Read more May 14, 2024 at 1:50 pm Deepmala Patel

कोयले की शक्ति : अक्षय ऊर्जा के महत्वाकांक्षी लक्ष्यों के बावजूद उत्तर प्रदेश में कोयला आधारित 1600 मेगावाट पावर प्लांट को मंजूरी

भारत का लक्ष्य 2022 तक अक्षय ऊर्जा यानी रिन्यूएबल एनर्जी (अक्षय ऊर्जा या नवीकरणीय ऊर्जा के उदाहरण हैं – बायोगैस, बायोमास, सौर ऊर्जा इत्यादि.) से 175 गीगावॉट बिजली उत्पादन करने का था।

Read more September 14, 2023 at 12:17 pm Deepmala Patel

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