Journalist @IndiaSpend | Environment and climate change | Bylines: Al Jazeera, Mongabay, ThePrint, WaPo l Ex: The Hindu, Mumbai Mirror, Mid Day | Pop Culture ❤️
Mar 6, 2023 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
🚨NEW WORK: In October 2022, the Indian govt declared Gujarat's Modhera as India's first 24x7 #solar village. A few days later, UN chief @antonioguterres also visited Modhera and praised the project. Then why do Modhera's neighbours feel driven to migration or in 1 case, suicide?
The solar power plant that makes Modhera’s #solar power ‘round-the-clock’ is constructed on part of neighboring Sujanpura’s grazing land. In return, Sujanpura got 7 smaller parcels of land, 5 of which are too far, 1 small and 1 disputed #NetZero@IndiaSpend