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Bullet train project: Japanese agency ready to meet farmers opposing land acquisition, claims lawyer

Officials of Japan International Cooperation Agency, which is partially funding the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, have agreed to meet farmers opposing land acquisition, reported PTI. Anand Yagnik, a lawyer representing the protesting farmers, on Wednesday said, “The JICA today formally acknowledged in a written communication that it has received the petition, and stated that soon it will arrange a meeting between JICA officials and farmers.” Read more

Courtesy: Scroll.in

HC seeks bio-data of District Mineral Foundation teams

“If the secretaries have not contacted the District Mineral Foundation despite the specific order to that effect, the director of the village panchayat has adequate power to issue disciplinary action. The director of village panchayat will accordingly issue necessary instructions to the secretaries of village panchayats to immediately contact the District Mineral Foundation with the information,” the court stated. The counsel for the petitioner stated that some villages are supplied with water, but water tanks are situated at one place alone and distribution is not equitable. The counsel for the petitioner stated that the tanks be distributed in the villages and distribution of water be equitable. Read more

Courtesy: The Times of India

Why Jharkhand’s Pathalgadi movement is worrying the state government

Merely 40 km away from the Jharkhand’s state capital Ranchi, Khunti, a newly-carved out district is in the limelight across the national media.

Dominated by CPI Maoist and its splinter rebel group PLFI and surrounded by rich flora and fauna, this district is now at the centre stage for its new kind of political movement popularly known as the Pathalgadi. While moving across the area one can see green, stone plaques standing at the entry point of the villages written Bharat ka Samvidhan on its top in Hindi language and listing constitutional provisions and tribal’s rights in white lettering. Read more

Courtesy: TwoCircles.net

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