National Level Meeting on Mining, Ecology, and Indigenous Communities
Report National Level Meeting on Mining, Ecology, and Indigenous Communities 22-23 March, 2025 Bagaicha Social Centre, Ranchi, Jharkhand Introduction: The national-level meeting convened by the Justice in Mining Network, held on March 22-23, 2025, at the Bagaicha Social Centre in Ranchi, Jharkhand, was a critical platform for addressing the pressing issues faced by indigenous communities, project-affected persons, and ecologically fragile areas in the wake of unregulated mining activities. The meeting was attended by 70 mining-affected indigenous persons, community leaders, scholars, journalists and social workers from Jharkhand, Chhattsigarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra. The meeting brought together various leaders, activists, and community representatives who presented a collective stance on the ongoing injustices and the severe environmental and socio-cultural impacts of mining operations across multiple states in India. The conference underscored the importa...