
Ground Report
Highways Built, Lives Broken: The Other Side of Development in Palghar
The Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway is nearing completion, but for the Adivasi communities of Palghar, the road represents a trail of deception and displacement. From compensation notices of just ₹51 to the loss of ancestral burial grounds and fertile chikoo orchards, this ground report uncovers the human and environmental cost of a "mega-project" that local tribes say is built for the rich at the expense of the marginalized.