Grand Projects
Close attention to chief minister Siddaramaiah's words while withdrawing the acquisition of land near the Bengaluru airport shows that people's movements need vigilance https://thewire.in/rights/karnataka-siddaramaiah-devanahalli-farmers-corporate-development .
The struggle and the victory of Devanahalli’s farmers is historic on many counts. The farmers of the 13 villages withstood the threats and inducement, and have led what is probably one of the longest such battles in the recent past, in any country. That they did it against both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress governments is a story in itself.
But many developments before and after the declaration of withdrawal hints at the fact that the sword of acquisition is still hanging.
by Shivasundar
21/07/2025
A decade after its grand inauguration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ceremonially relaunched the Amaravati Capital Project on May 2, marking a fresh push to revive what was once envisioned as a futuristic state capital.
https://thewire.in/government/amaravati-grand-blueprint-ghost-town-and-back
In 2015, Amaravati was announced as Andhra Pradesh’s new capital with much fanfare, promising world-class infrastructure and economic growth. However, political shifts, funding delays and legal disputes left the project in limbo.
Now, with a renewed commitment of Rs 65,000 crore, the Union and state governments aim to breathe life back into the ambitious venture.
These delays raise questions about the government’s ability to deliver on its promises. With the Amaravati Capital City Project poised for another restart in 2025, the public is left to wonder whether the government’s infrastructure ambitions are truly about building a better India, or just laying foundation stones for the sake of optics.
15/05/2025
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), India’s apex green court, ruled that it would not “interfere” with the forest and environment clearances accorded to the Rs 72,000 crore-mega infrastructure project in India’s Great Nicobar Island, which conservationists have said will affect indigenous communities and damage the fragile ecology and biodiversity of the Island. https://thewire.in/environment/ngt-great-nicobar-project-disappointing
The mega project involves diverting 130 square kilometres of forest, to construct several developmental projects including a transshipment terminal, a township and an airport. It will also affect the indigenous Shompen and Nicobarese communities living on the island.
08/04/2023
‘कर्तव्यपथ’ से The Wire का ख़ास कार्यक्रम: ग़ुलामी से आज़ादी या सत्ता की सनक? Sep 12, 2022 #arfakhanumsherwani #narendramodi #modigovernment #kartavyapath #rajpath #indiagate
इतिहासकार इरफ़ान हबीब https://youtube.com/embed/imUaEPAVBTY?t=348&end=612
कविता कृष्णन, Kartavya Path whose Kartavya whose Raj.. कविता कृष्णन, https://youtube.com/embed/imUaEPAVBTY?start=613&end=889
Role of Pre election grand projects : https://youtu.be/imUaEPAVBTY?t=890
‘कर्तव्यपथ’ से The Wire का ख़ास कार्यक्रम: ग़ुलामी से आज़ादी या सत्ता की सनक? | Modi | Rajpath
देश की सत्ता के केंद्र के नजदीक गुरुवार को इतिहास ने नई करवट ली। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने राजपथ के पुनर्विकसित स्वरूप कर्तव्यपथ का उद्घाटन किया। साथ ही इंडिया गेट के पास नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस की प्रतिमा का अनावरण भी किया। विजय चौक से लेकर सी-हेक्सागन तक बना राजपथ और सेंट्रल विस्टा लॉन अब कर्तव्यपथ कहलाएगा। राजपथ से कर्तव्यपथ बनने की पूरी कहानी जानने के लिए देखें कविता कृष्णन, इतिहासकार इरफ़ान हबीब और आरफ़ा ख़ानम शेरवानी के बीच की ये चर्चा।
Confusion over clearances for Great Nicobar project persists https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tribal-ministry-doesnt-want-to-be-part-of-nicobar-project-case/article70046019.ece
Tribal Affairs Ministry tells Calcutta HC that it should be ‘removed from the list of respondents’ as implementation of law was within the domain of Union Territory; it says NOC was ‘given on the basis of facts given by the islands administration’
Months before the Tribal Affairs Ministry sought a report from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (AN&I) administration on alleged violations of forest rights in the ₹81,000-crore Great Nicobar Islands development and infrastructure project, the Ministry had told a Bench of the Calcutta High Court that it should be dropped as a party in a petition that challenged the project’s clearances on the same grounds.
The petitions, filed by former bureaucrat Meena Gupta, argued that provisions of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006 were violated in obtaining the consent of the tribespeople to divert about 13,000 hectares of forest land required for the project.
The petition in the High Court builds on the complaint of the Tribal Council, arguing that no provision of the FRA allows for forest-dwellers to be represented through other persons in Gram Sabha meetings like the Shompen were, an argument that the A&NI administration has countered by saying that India’s official policy on “Aboriginal Tribes” allows for this.
Since these pleadings were filed before the Calcutta High Court, the Additional Solicitor General, representing the respondents, has submitted to the Bench that this case will be argued by the Attorney General of India, since “the stakes involved are very high and the project is of utmost importance”.