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The World is Mahan: Global support pours in as Van Satyagraha in Mahan intensifies
Volunteers defy national borders in a show of support to save Mahan forests in Singrauli; 133 cities join hands to save Mahan May 18, 2014 In an unprecedented show of…
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Forged Signatures – The Basis of Mahan’s Clearance
Nai Duniya, the Hindi newspaper carried story on May 8th regarding the irregularities connected to the Gram Sabha resolution regarding Essar and Hindalco’s proposed coal mine in Mahan’s forests. The…
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Over Forty hours in jail, and three activists released, one still held in Singrauli
“To get arrested and jailed for standing up, does not only show courage – but it’s the only thing that will release us from the actual confines of human suppression”…
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Three Out of Four Van Satyagrahis Granted Bail
May 9, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: Greenpeace and MSS will approach the High Court for the release of the fourth satyagrahi as peaceful protest is not a crime. After being…
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Arrested & Beaten Up: All for Saving Forests!
Over 150 people from 4 villages move into Mahan forests to protest against Essar You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution.…
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Van Satyagrahis arrested, beaten in Mahan, MP
Van Satyagraha intensifies as over 150 villagers join protest against Essar mine, following the midnight arrest of two MSS members and two Greenpeace activists May 8, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: Over…
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MSS prevents Essar officials from demarcating trees in Mahan’s forest
Violating the rights of the people of Mahan, Essar’s officials have been marking trees to demarcate forest areas about to get the axe. On May 5, the officials came up…
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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 demands urgent assessment of water diversion to thermal power plants
April 28, 2014: Last week, amid the prediction of a weak monsoon in Maharashtra in 2014, the Water Resources Department released its weekly report on the current water availability in…
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‘Pledge to Save Mahan on Earth Day’ Young urban volunteers come together in a show of support to save Mahan forests in Singrauli
April 22, 2014, New Delhi: On the occasion of Earth Day, several young volunteers came together in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore in a show of support to save Mahan…
