941

Ongoing Conflicts Reported

10.5M

People Affected by Land Conflicts

Infrastructure

Industry

Power

Mining

Conservation and Forestry

Land Use

Conservation
and Forestry

921

Total Conflicts Reported

10.5M

People Affected by Land Conflicts

₹3.45T

Worth of Investment Affected

42

Researchers On-Field

Recent Land Conflicts

The latest conflicts in our database

Data centre and dispossession: Land, livelihoods, and environmental concerns in Mekaguda, Telangana

Eviction, displacement, and contestation of forest land in Assam’s Rengma Reserve

Digitisation, dispossession, and discrepancies: Inside Kerala’s digital land resurvey

Mawthabah (Domiasiat)

South West Khasi Hills

Resistance to uranium mining in Meghalaya: Land and livelihood struggles around the KPM project

Chur, Jamjodhpur Taluka

Pasture land, peacocks, and power poles: Community resistance to windmill project at Gujarat's Jamjodhpur

Runways versus grazing grounds: The Mandvi airstrip expansion and rural livelihood in Kutch

Blogs

Twitter threads and blogs based on our research

April 22, 2025

Green Turns Greedy: In Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, over 130 SC, tribal and minority families allege they were duped into selling ancestral farmland to solar companies.

Researcher:

Mahmodul Hassan

March 21, 2025

Only three coal mines have been scientifically closed in 16 years since Coal India Limited (CIL) first issued mine-closure guidelines. What does this mean for India's Just Transition?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

March 3, 2025

Why did 62-year-old Hansraj want to be fined for “encroaching” on the land he has cultivated for years?

Researcher:

Sukriti Vats

Awards and Recognition

Earth Journalism Network

Winner, Biodiversity Media Initiative 2020

Winner, Research Innovation Grant 2020

World Summit Award 2018

Winner, Government and Citizen Engagement Category

European Journalism Centre

Featured in The Data Journalism Handbook 2

Digital Empowerment Fund

Recognition as eChampion

Conflict Database