PROBLEMS and RESISTANCE - OVERVIEW
Malapa - Hero 2011
October 2008 the world of the Kudubis from Padavu near Mangalore, Karnataka, collapsed. With the help of police and goons the government
dumped hundreds of truckloads mud on their fields.
The Kudubi Adivasis together with local activists and city people resisted fiercely. One of them was Malapa.
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Villagers reclaim their village forest, occupied by the Forest Department. They plant fodder trees there.
UTTARAKHAND -
SOUTH-WEST 1
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overview articles, photos resistance
Kimsar, village in National Park
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Padyatra activists with banner reach the place where the Himval river reaches River Ganga.
UTTARAKHAND -
SOUTH-WEST 2
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overview articles, photos Long March
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Villagers tie a Raksh Sutra, holy thread, at the trees to protect them.
Rivers dry up by dams and tunnels. Here the Ganga river, near Matli village, almost dry.
UTTARAKHAND - CENTER
Uttarkashi
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overview photo series dams, tunnels
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Villagers will not leave for a luxury hotel.
RAJASTHAN
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Big rally against land grab in Raipur, the state capital.
Dead fishes by the water pollution of a iron factory. Tribals cannot fish here any longer.
CHHATTISGARH – RAIGARH
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overview articles, photos resistance
overview articles, photos pollution
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Social workers visit villagers to inform them over mining projects.
CHHATTISGARH – JASHPUR
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overview articles, photos resistance
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City activists and religious leaders support the Adivasis in their struggle against a Special Economic Zone.
MANGALORE
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overview articles, photos resistance
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Adivasis protesting against a powerful mining company. They won!
ODISHA
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overview articles, photos resistance
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Protest rally against large dams in the Brahmaputra river; Guwahati, November 2010.
ASSAM
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resistance against displacement
struggle against the Pagladiya dam
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NARMADA
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overview articles and photo series