Ambika Subash
@ambikasubash
I study agriculture, technology & society | Econ PhDing at CESP JNU| Ex: Chemical Engg @ NIT Calicut|
Anticapitalist/ anticaste/ antiimperialist etc.
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31-01-2009 06:12:30
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In 2023, 333 homes in a #MadhyaPradesh village were flooded by the #SardarSarovar dam’s backwaters, but only 39 families were rehabilitated. Ambika Subash on the fallout of a contentious recalculation of backwater levels article-14.com/post/submerged…
I report for Article 14 on how a legally contentious backwater level revision of the Sardar Sarovar dam excluded thousands of families from rehabilitation. I stayed in Katnera, an affected village, to record how its mostly tribal & land-poor families continue to suffer.
“If we’re not within the submergence area, how did we get submerged?!” In Katnera, #MadhyaPradesh, families once listed as #SardarSarovar project-affected are denied compensation, rehabilitation. Ambika Subash investigates article-14.com/post/submerged…
In a #MadhyaPradesh village, families once counted as ‘affected’ by the #SardarSarovar dam project were quietly dropped from records. Ambika Subash investigates how a village’s struggle for justice was erased article-14.com/post/submerged…
A revision in backwater levels cut count off families hit by #SardarSarovar dam by 15,946, letting officials claim rehab was complete, so dam height could be increased Ambika Subash on a #MadhyaPradesh village’s 40-yr struggle to be heard article-14.com/post/submerged…
A revision in backwater levels cut count of families hit by #SardarSarovar dam by 15,946, letting officials claim rehab was complete, so dam height could be increased Ambika Subash on a #MadhyaPradesh village’s 40-yr struggle to be heard article-14.com/post/submerged…
“Modi ka janam din, humare maran din” Floods hit a #MadhyaPradesh village a day before the PM’s birthday in 2023. Ambika Subash on the official apathy that denied thousands of families compensation article-14.com/post/submerged…
A revision in backwater levels cut count off families hit by #SardarSarovar dam by 15,946, letting officials claim rehab was complete, so dam height could be increased Ambika Subash on a #MadhyaPradesh village’s 40-yr struggle to be heard article-14.com/post/submerged…
This is Lovely Kujur’s mother. Lovely’s name is spelt Lavlee Kumar on her Aadhaar card. Now the mother has 2 choices: spend a huge amount of time and money trying to get Lovely’s name rectified, or let her remain Lavlee Kumar for ever. Incredibly cruel! Office of CEO UIDAI Nandan Nilekani
“SDM banungi” A class 10 student from a village in Madhya Pradesh wants to become a magistrate so she can fight for those displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Dam & who have been struggling to be heard for 40 years. Read Ambika Subash's #fieldnotes article14.substack.com/p/field-notes-…