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    • Rajesh Kumar Tripathi

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    Rajesh Kumar Tripathi runs Jan Chetna Raigarh, a sangathan (people’s organisation) that works in the Adivasi areas of Chhattisgarh. The organisation focuses on issues related to environmental protection, displacement and rehabilitation, food security, PESA law, forest rights law, and mining and industry.


    Areas of expertise

    Environment and pollution


    Currently working at

    Jan Chetna, coordinator


    Articles by Rajesh Kumar Tripathi

    warning against elephants in chhattisgarh--elephant attacks
    Environment
    March 5, 2024
    Is the elephant not a wild animal? People in Chhattisgarh wonder
    The houses in Pelma village carry wall-painted warnings about elephant attacks, but a mining company was permitted to cut down forests stating there’s no wildlife in the area.
    by Rajesh Kumar Tripathi | 2 min read
    A group of women marching_coal mine
    Rights
    February 7, 2024
    Coal Satyagraha: Adivasis reclaim their natural resources
    People in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district have set up their own coal company and built an ecosystem for sustained resistance against corporate mining.
    by Rajesh Kumar Tripathi | 8 min read
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