"Forcibly Destroying Fertile Land": Why India's Farmers Are Protesting Solar | Power To The People

In Rajasthan’s Thar Desert, sunlight has become a major source of power for India’s growing energy needs. Vast solar farms now stretch across the landscape, feeding electricity into the national grid. In the Bikaner region, a place defined by heat, scarcity, and resilience, solar energy is transforming both the environment and daily life. WATCH MORE Power To The People https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTbH_RX7rJ7jseY2fZZ-pGkV 00:00 Introduction 01:48 Rajasthan: India’s solar power hub 03:50 Building a massive solar farm 05:45 When solar expansion competes for land 08:20 Protests over land ownership 09:29 Farmers pressured to sell their land 14:05 Why this farmer regrets leasing his land 15:47 Surrounded by solar, still no electricity 19:22 Environmental cost of solar expansion 22:49 Sacred trees under threat 24:46 Can farmers benefit from solar energy? 27:31 Inside Rajasthan’s growing solar industry 30:42 Why investors are betting big on solar 31:51 Impact on biodiversity and temperature 35:00 Are camels disappearing from Rajasthan? 36:44 Trade-offs of solar expansion 39:57 Is this really "Green Energy"? ==== About the show: Across Asia, clean energy is reshaping lives and landscapes. Power to the People follows communities adapting to geothermal, wind, solar, and hydropower projects on the ground. ========= #CNAInsider #PowerToThePeopleCNA #India #SouthAsia #Solar #SolarEnergy #AlternativeEnergy #CleanEnergy For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnainsider/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/ Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider