India, Feb. 28 -- More than 15 lakh hecates of land were affected by infrastructure projects

Over 6.5 million people have suffered the impact of land conflicts across India, according to a report released on February 28, 2020 by Land Conflict Watch (LCW), a research institute. More than 3 million of these were affected by infrastructure projects - including road projects and real estate projects- across India.

Land conflicts around infrastructure projects took up the most area as well. 15,62,362.59 ha - an area almost equal to the size of Nagaland - was affected by land conflicts on infrastructure.

The report - based on research conducted in three years - identified 703 ongoing land conflict cases spread across 21 lakh hectares (ha) of...