Full Coverage: Land

25.07.2007 The proposed, Kylleng-Pyndengsohing Uranium Project, in the north east Indian state of Meghalaya has run intro a controversy as land-owning villagers have given it the go-ahead but neighbouring villagers have not. Meghalaya is the only state in India where either the tribes or an individual owns the land.

16.07.2007 Despite threats from the Madhya Pradesh government, the adivasis in the Narmada dam affected areas have occupied the land in Taloon, near Badwani, divided among themselves and started co-operative.

13.07.2007 Women are branded as witches in villages across India, often in a move to gain access to property, land or seek revenge. The desert state of Rajasthan is considering an Anti Witchcraft Bill after a recent spurt of cases where women were subjected to violence.

11.07.2007 Poverty is decreasing in Bangladesh but disparities between rich-poor disparity is on the rise. So claims the Civil Society Progress Report on MDGs 2007 released by People’s Forum on MDGs (PFM), to mark the mid-point to the MDG deadline in 2015.

02.07.2007 India’s water man and Magsaysay Award winner Rajinder Singh is busy rallying people on the banks of river Yamuna, that flows through Agra - the city of the Taj Mahal, to stand up for their water rights by protecting river Yamuna from pollution and “from being handed over” to the MNCs.