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Greenpeace demands cancellation of Mahan coal block
Greenpeace India demands cancellation of the Mahan coal block and is asking for a thorough enquiry into the matter, bringing Essar Power and the Madhya Pradesh state government under the…
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We will Win the Fight to Save Mahan, Declares MSS
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh| 24 February 2014| Mahan Sangharsh Samiti[1] (MSS) has declared that they will not allow Mahan forests in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh to be cut down by Essar for…
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The Day The World Rose For Forests
The call to rise for Mahan on May 18 received an unprecedented wave of support, that echoed not only in various corners of India but also around the world. Over…
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World’s biggest coal company Shenhua to stop exploiting groundwater in China
Beijing, April 9, 2014: The Shenhua Group, the world’s biggest coal producer by volume, is to stop extracting groundwater for their flagship coal-to-liquid project in Inner Mongolia’s Ordos – an…
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Van Satyagraha: Community members confront Essar officials
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, May 6, 2014: Eighty local community members successfully stopped work on an Essar-led coal mine in Mahan forest, Madhya Pradesh yesterday. The villagers oppose the mine, which…
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Greenpeace India Stands For People-powered Sustainable Development
Challenging the allegations made by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) report to the PMO, Greenpeace India stated for the record that it is an independent organisation which campaigns for development that…
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Wake up call for Singrauli administrators
File FIR on the forged Gram Sabha resolution; free Bechanlal & stop framing activists in false cases, demand civil society members in unison Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, May 19, 2014: The…
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Stop Muzzling Voices of Dissent!
It has been said that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. However, the arbitrary manner in which the government has attempted to muzzle voices of dissent in democracy in…
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Forged Gram Sabha Complaint: Jabalpur HC Takes Singrauli SP to Task
The issue of the forged signatures in the Gram Sabha resolution has received a boost from the Jabalpur High Court. The HC has pulled up the Superintendent of Police of…
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The People of Mahan Have Prevailed
The oft-repeated quote by Mahatma Gandhi, “First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they attack you. Then you win,” is extraordinarily apt for the heartening news for…
