Unreported World

India's Electric Dreams (2014x13)

Air date: Oct 31, 2014

Reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy and director Hugo Ward travel to India where the government's drive to help the country's development through widespread electrification is pitting villagers who want the benefits of electricity against campaigners who are worried about the environmental impact of vast open-cast mines on the forests that provide a livelihood and food for tribal communities.