Dima Hasao Tribals in Assam Fight Cement Land Grab

Dima Hasao Tribals in Assam Fight Cement Land Grab

Tribal villagers in Assam’s Dima Hasao district, which is a Sixth Schedule area, resist eviction as the BJP-run autonomous governing council allots land to a cement firm. A fight over rights, ecology, and justice unfolds.

Gauhati High Court slams government over land to cement firm

Guwahati:  The Gauhati High Court has expressed profound dismay, describing itself as “perturbed, curious, and shocked” over the Assam government’s decision to allocate 3,000 bighas (approximately 991 acres) of tribal land in Dima Hasao district to Mahabal Cement Private Limited for a cement factory.  Our sources confirmed that during a hearing on  Monday Justice Sanjay […] The post Assam: Gauhati High Court slams government over bighas of land …

'Perturbed, curious, shocked': Gauhati HC on allotting 3,000 bighas of land for cement unit

Guwahati, Sep 1 (PTI) The Gauhati High Court on Monday said it is "perturbed, curious and shocked" over allocating 3,000 bighas (nearly 1,000 acres) of land to a private cement company in Assam's tribal-majority Dima Hasao district and asked whether the environmental clearance has been taken for the project.During the hearing of a writ petition filed by 22 people, Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Advocate General Devajit Saikia had a prolonged arg…

Dima Hasao: Is Sixth Schedule enough to protect tribal land? - Meghalaya Monitor

The case of the transfer of over 3,000 bighas of land in Dima Hasao in Assam to a cement company raises a crucial question: Is the tribal land protected under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution safe? In this particular case, there remains a legal loophole that may allow the argument of protected tribal land to slip through. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi of the Gauhati High Court recently reacted to granting over 3,000 bighas to Mahabal Cements,…