Bastar Solidarity Network: Seminar on the Development Model in South Chhattisgarh
Cinematographer: Faiza Ahmad Khan, Simpreet Singh
Duration: 03:18:59; Aspect Ratio: 1.778:1; Hue: 21.268; Saturation: 0.062; Lightness: 0.054; Volume: 0.348; Cuts per Minute: 0.146
Summary: Bastar in South Chhattisgarh has been turned into a war-zone because of the government’s
eagerness to welcome private and multinational mining companies to plunder the minerals, which
is their only agenda of development . Such a plunder means the loss of home and hearth for the
adivasis who have not only lived there for generations but for whom the forest is their home and
source of livelihood. The move by the government to displace them is facing stiff resistance from
the people. In order to crush this resistance the government has deployed battalions of security
personnel and converted Bastar into a war zone.
The Seminar tried to look into the past and understand how the pattern of development that has
taken place in Bastar and identify the potential beneficiaries of the model of development that is being followed there.
Bhupesh Gupta Bhawan, Prabhadevi
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