The Invisible Victims of India's River Linking Project In the rolling hills of central India, where the Barna River flows through the Panna Tiger Reserve, hundreds of women are protesting their displacement and exclusion from compensation.
Fifty year old Gyan Rani Gond, a member of the Gond tribe and one of the oldest Indigenous communities in the region, has joined them. Her story is one of frustration and despair.
The Daudhan Dam, at the heart of India's ambitious river linking project, will submerge 10 settlements in Panna Tiger Reserve alone, displacing 7,000 families.