Mining-induced displacement and tribal resistance: The case of Odisha, India

Minerals are one of the natural resources around which conflicts are taking place all over the world. Mining witnessed conflict over different claims and ways of using these resources. This conflicting claim on mineral resources is not only challenging the present development model. It is also creating conditions for the emergence of anti-mining movements. Based on an extensive empirical survey, the study examines the complex process of the emergence of the politics of resistance and protest in various mining projects in Odisha, India. The study focuses on resistance to two large-scale mining projects. Both cases, one located in Lanjigarh, Kalahandi district, and the other in Kalinganagar, Jajpur district, are in Odisha. The contrasting outcomes of both cases raise questions about the factors that determine the success and failures of these struggles. It analyzes the development of a different approach to the politics of resistance in Lanjigarh compared to Kalinganagar. It also explores the intricate connection between mineral extraction, the autonomy of local socio-cultural processes, and how they are linked to global capital.