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PROBLEMS and RESISTANCE - OVERVIEW



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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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Kimsar, village in National Park

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for bigger picture click on this photo 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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article about resistance

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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 pollution

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 Social workers visit villagers to inform them over mining projects.



CHHATTISGARH – JASHPUR


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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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 Adivasis protesting against a powerful mining company. They won!



ODISHA


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for bigger picture click on this photo 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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(Photo: Harikrishna and Deepa Jani)

Villagers and activists struggle against big dams.


NARMADA


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Photos: Himcon Uttarakhand, HPSS Uttarakhand, UJJS Uttarakhand, Jasper Korff, Adivasi Mahila Mahasangh Jashpur, Jan Chetana Raigarh, Krishi Bhoomi Samrakshana Samiti Mangalore, Action Aid Odisha, report Damming North East India and Peasant Autonomy - Creative Commons