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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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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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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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Atom Solar Sun-trolley is here!
What happens when a design for a solar water pump is actually implemented? The innovation challenge ran from September to November, 2013, with three winners from across the world -…
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Toxic Waste Spill at Essar’s Power Plant in Singrauli
April 15, 2014, Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh: In yet another stark example of massive negligence, the mud-wall that lined the fly ash dyke of Essar Energy’s Mahan-I (600 MW) thermal power…
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A Resurgence of Satyagraha
Non-Violent Resistance Against Essar’s Coal Mining in Mahan Forest On Thursday, thousands of villagers from 12-14 villages in the Mahan region of Singrauli, came together for a mass public rally…
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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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Free to go!
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers…
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Crisis to Solution – paving way to Solar pumping
12 December 2013 Innovation Challenge 2013 The Innovation Challenge was launched on 3rd September, and ended on 15th November. The challenge was different – it invited submissions from all…
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Wilmar finally commits to No Deforestation
Let us recap what happened in the last week. The world mourned the sad demise of Nelson Mandela, probably the biggest proponent of peace and human rights of our era.…