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September 2022: How we spent the money our readers contributed to Scroll.in's ground reporting fund

In September, the Indian government pulled out all stops to mount a PR extravaganza for an environmental project of dubious value: the reintroduction of the cheetah into the country seven decades after it had become extinct. The animals landed in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on September 17, which was, by complete coincidence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.

Special newsletter: Why China Building Infrastructure in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim Should Worry Indians

Last week, The Telegraph quoted a source in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, which guards the border with China, as saying that “the Beijing is fortifying its position inside Indian territory it has occupied since 2020, by erecting watchtowers mounted with CCTV cameras at the Depsang Plains and Hot Springs in Ladakh” These areas are 18kms inside Indian lines. The Telegraph reports that China is estimated to have taken over close to 1,000 sqkm of India-claimed territory in eastern Ladakh since May 2020.

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In the past month, we have been on the ground in Varanasi to report on the renewed attempts by Hindutva groups to seize control of the Gyanvapi mosque through a series of contentious court orders. Aishwarya Iyer was the first to point out that the district court asked for a part of the mosque to be sealed even before it had received a survey report. In a detailed piece, Umang Poddar explained the role the lower courts have played in pushing Hindutva claims on mosques. This week, we will publish more of Iyer’s ground reports and Poddar’s explainers on the matter. You can find all our coverage on the Gyanvapi dispute here.

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