38. Land in Conflict (with Kumar Sambhav)

Kumar Sambhav from Land Conflict Watch talks to host Pavan Srinath about the trends, nature and root causes of land conflicts in India, with a special focus on urban growth and industrialisation.

Sambhav and Pavan discuss land conflicts that arise from infrastructure and real estate projects around cities, the routine bypassing of progressive land acquisition provisions, the lack of recognition of traditional rights of rural residents over village commons. They also discuss some of the recently announced changes in land laws and rules across the country, and explore how they affect ongoing and future conflicts.

Land Conflict Watch (@LandConflicts) is a data a data-research project, which maps and analyses ongoing land and resources conflicts in India. As of August 2020, they are tracking over 770 ongoing land conflicts in India, affecting over 6.6 million people.

Kumar Sambhav Srivastava (@Kum_Sambhav) is Co-Founder and Research Director of Land Conflicts Watch, who has been in journalist for over a decade, working on issues at the intersection of public policy, business and social justice in India.

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