Unpacking land banks, Gair Majarua lands in Jharkhand
Land is not only required for mining, but also for compensatory afforestation. However people's history in the state is already replete with troubles over common land
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#JustTransition #CommercialCoal
india.mongabay.com/2022/07/land-b… “Adani company go back,” residents of Jharkhand’s Gondalpura declared in a public hearing organised on July 15, 2022, by the Hazaribagh District Collector’s office to discuss issues surrounding impending land acquisition for an upcoming mine.
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Before the year draws to a close and the festivities begin, I would like to draw your attention towards how one celebration of Jharkhand Adivasis became a day of mourning; events that have followed have meant no recourse to justice

Story of encounter killing of Bramhadev Singh On June 12, 2021 several Hindi and English language media outlets reported an encounter between ‘Maoists’ and Jharkhand police and security forces in the Kuku-Piri forest in Jharkhand’s Latehar district. A rumour was spread that a Maoist, of the gang Chhotu Kerwar had been killed