Fishing communities and farmers from India filed suit against the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in federal court in Washington, D.C. The plaintiffs allege that the IFC caused the loss of their livelihoods, destroyed their lands and water, and created threats to their health by funding the Tata Mundra coal-fired power plant in Gujarat, India.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Contact: Nicole Ghio (nicole.ghio@sierraclub.org) 202-675-6270 Jelson Garcia (jgarcia@bicusa.org) and Bharat Patel (bharatp1977@gmail.com) , 202 802 2995 As the World Bank and IMF hold their Annual Spring Meetings this week, the General Secretary of Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights) Dr.Bharat Patel will deliver a …
Forbes Asia recently published an article, entitled “Doing Big Business in Modi’s Gujarat“, that exposes the political context and the influence of Big Business interests in the development of the Tata Mundra Coal Plant. The project has faced growing opposition by fishing companies over the national and World Bank policy violations, which were confirmed in …
Press Statement December 6, 2013 ‘Stand by the truth and lead from the front’: Religious leaders tell World Bank President Calling World Bank President Jim Kim’s inaction on a scathing report on Tata Mundra power project a “disappointment”, religious leaders wrote to him an open letter (full text appended), urging him to take “bold …
Soumya Dutta outside the World Bank headquarters, August 2013 BIC highlights the work of Soumya Dutta in the campaign against Tata Mundra. Soumya Dutta is the National Convener of the Indian people’s science group Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha and the Convener of the Climate and Energy Group in the Beyond Copenhagen collective in India, a network …
Tata Mundra under investigation — if social and environmental policy violations are confirmed, project could face serious repercussions
The Panel, which recently published its fact finding mission report, also urges the IFC and the ADB for an immediate financing suspension and full audit of the Tata Mundra coal power plant.
The Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers’ Rights calls out their Ombudsman for an assessment report that fails to take their social and environmental concerns into account.