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Retired schoolteacher takes Adani to court over land grab at Godda

Chintamani Sahu, 72, is spearheading a legal challenge to the Adani Group’s massive coal-power station at Godda. Having refused to surrender the land on which his ashram stands, he has led a group of refuseniks to file a case at the state’s High Court. They argue that the acquisition of land for the project was illegally carried out. Today, as the power plant’s skeleton hulks over his ashram, and the government stalls the case, Sahu is undeterred.

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Victims of Adani land grab lead their people’s struggle against Godda power plant

For over four years, a brave family has refused to hand over their land to Adani’s coal-power project at Godda in north-eastern India. The power plant is the intended destination for Adani’s Carmichael coal. In 2018, Sita Murmu fell at the feet of Adani officials as crops on her land were bulldozed. Last month, she and her family addressed a tribal convention near the construction site, inspiring a struggle to protect indigenous rights in the region. They remain impervious to official threats and enticements to surrender their ancestral lands to the colossal power plant.

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झारखंड: सुंदरपहाड़ी सम्मेलन में आदिवासी अस्तित्व और पर्यावरण सुरक्षा का ऐलान

गुरुवार को झारखंड के गोड्डा जिले में स्थित सुंदरपहाड़ी ब्लॉक के आमजोड़ा गांव में आदिवासी अस्तित्व और पर्यावरण सुरक्षा का ऐलान किया गया। कल दिनभर चले सम्मेलन में गोड्डा पावर प्लांट, बोआरीजोर ट्रांसमिशन लाइन, साहेबगंज रिजर्वोयर आदि प्रोजेक्ट प्रभावित इलाकों में रहने वाले करीब 500 लोगों ने शिरकत की।

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Dirty Tricks and Coercion Used to Acquire Land for Adani’s Godda Power Plant

In July 2020, an ABC report brought the dispossession of Indian villagers for an Adani power plant to national attention in Australia. The power plant is located at Godda, about 400 km north of Kolkata. Upon completion, it is intended to be the destination for coal from Adani’s mine in Queensland. Here, AdaniWatch reports on the dirty tricks used to acquire the land farmed by indigenous people for generations.

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A pugnacious local opponent of Adani’s Godda power station

In January 2020, Indian news media reported that a cloud of uncertainty hung over the future of Adani’s power project at Godda. Provincial elections had just been held and a new government had been elected in the state of Jharkhand. Spokespeople for the new government were quoted saying that they would take a fresh look at the approval for Adani’s power station because of the controversial confiscation of farmers’ lands.

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