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Sun Jun 6, 2010 8:44 am (PDT)
Dear Friends
May be you would like to know how World Environment Day 2010 was celebrated in Raigarh
http://janchetana.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/world-environment-day-2010/
regards
Ramesh
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Sun Jun 6, 2010 4:29 pm (PDT)
Dear friends
The following is a letter sent by leading members of CPDR to PTI,
which apparantly had carried a largely false and concocted report on
Arundhati Roy's recent speech at a CPDR-organized meeting in Mumbai.
Sarita
To
Samir Mishra,
Regional Manager
PTI
Hutatma Chowk, Mumbai
Re: your report of Arundhati Roy's talk in Mumbai:
The PTI report of the speech made by Arundhati Roy in Mumbai at a
meeting organised by the CPDR (Committee for the protection of
Democratic Rights) on June 2nd in Mumbai, was in many respects false.
The report has ripped sentences and phrases from her presentation and
re-arranged them in a way as to completely misrepresent what she said.
The report also contains statements attributed to her which were in
many material respects, false.
At the meeting Roy went on record to say she was against the killing
of innocents and as correctly reported in the Times of India, Mumbai
edition, June 3, 2010, that she was not here to defend killing by any
side. She said that the Maoists were the most militant end of a
spectrum of resistance movements all of who are protesting corporate
landgrab and that the government deals with all of them with
antagonism and repression. Contrary to the PTI report, she did NOT say
that she will continue to back the Maoists' armed struggle even if
she is put behind bars. She did NOT call upon the government to put
her in jail for supporting Maoists, nor did she offer support to the
Maoists. In fact, the Times of India, Mumbai edition, June 3, 2010,
reports that she stated that Maoists have revolutionary methods but
not a revolutionary vision and their mining policy is not very
different from that of the state. They too would mine the bauxite
instead of leaving it in the hills, which is what the people they are
fighting for want. The Times further correctly records that she said
We need a vision outside of capitalism as also communism Thus, in
fact, she posed many serious questions to the Maoists. Roy said that
the huge mining contracts in the heart of the tribal areas in central
India pose a threat not only to tribals but to entire humanity, given
the damage they will do to the environment. All these, which were the
most significant part and the real gist of her talk, have been
completely and blithely ignored by your staff reporter.
She did try to analyse the reasons why people take arms, why in
particular tribal people are forced to take arms and she refused to
support the military solution of the Home Ministry. Contrary to what
has been set out in the PTI report, Roy did not say that It ought
(emphasis added) to be an armed movement. We are not aware of her
having saluted the "people of Dantewada" after 76 CRPF and police
personnel were mowed down by Maoists in the deadliest attack targeting
security forces. At the meeting she most certainly did NOT do so.
It is worth mentioning that the Hindu too did an accurate story on
June 3 and interestingly PTI came up with this false and concocted
version the next day, which was then picked up by Indian Express. TOI
Delhi, NDTV, IBN Live, Economic Times and several Hindi and other
language papers on June 4th who published this even though many of
them had their own reporters present at the event.
It is unfortunate that the PTI has stooped to the level that it has
done, disregarding all the rules of ethical reporting.
-sd-
Rahul Bose, Datta Iswalkar, Dr. Anand Teltumbde, P K Das (24308877),
Anand Patwardhan (24143782), Meena Menon (98210 38474)
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Sun Jun 6, 2010 5:02 pm (PDT)
Namaskar,
Please find the beautiful speech by Ms Arundhati Roy and Gautam Navlakha on the burning issue in India. They have clearly made a point that India and everywhere in the world has a dead democracy. The type of democracy is practiced across the globe is nothing but a tool to foll the common man in the guild of development. It's completely executed with a professional way by the Capitalistic of the world to cheat the people. But how long they will be able to make fool of the people. If not the so called intelligent middle class will oppose then the ones who have been brave throughout the history are prepared to oppose it. Please be patient to go over all 21 video clips @ ¦ http://www.countercurrents.org/roy040610.htm. I believe you'll relish the courage of these two speakers who challenges the way more than 95% of our modern society think. Enjoy....
in HIMAdarsh
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Sun Jun 6, 2010 6:16 pm (PDT)
Forest Assured?
There ¢â ¹s a waking up to adivasi needs, but their nightmare endures
Lola Nayar
It ¢â ¹s a lesson learnt the hard way perhaps, but the government is wasting no time in putting it to use. With Operation Green Hunt going nowhere and the Maoists gaining a very obvious upper hand, the government is now changing tack and shifting the war footing to an area where it should have started from: social development for India ¢â ¹s tribals and forest-dwellers.
http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?265667
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Sun Jun 6, 2010 9:40 pm (PDT)
Raman, Jairam in mining war
Suchandana Gupta, TNN, Jun 7, 2010,
RAIPUR: A tussle between the Chhattisgarh government and the Ministry of
Environment and Forests (MoEF) over an elephant reserve has reached the
Prime Minister ¢â ¹s Office (PMO). And the dispute is emblematic of the way the
richly forested state is hurtling to get the developed tag by shaving off
its pristine tree cover.
Since 2004, the Chhattisgarh government has signed 102 memorandum of
understandings (MOUs) with industrial houses for production of steel, sponge
iron, power, cement and aluminium. The government claims to have brought Rs
1,65,000- crore investment to the state.
"Questions are being raised because nearly all these MOUs focus on minerals
and mining industries, and were signed on the basis of private negotiations
without any fair competition, " says Sudiep Shrivastava, a "Bilaspu-based
lawyer and activist.
It is indeed a polarising debate, one which impelled Chhattisgarh CM Raman
Singh to approach the PMO when the environment minister Jairam Ramesh
rejected his recommendation for mining lease to eight industrial houses in
Hasdeo Arand forests, home to many of the state ¢â ¹s elephants, because it
would lead to cutting down 17 lakh trees.
Increasing mining in Jharkhand and Orissa has forced herds of elephants to
migrate to the forests of Sarguja, Jashpur and Korba in Chhattisgarh. A
proposal for an elephant reserve of over 384sqkm in Hasdeo Arand forests was
sent to the Centre in 2002 by the state forest department. ¢â ¸â ¸But in 2006,
the Raman Singh government found that a coal block of 100sqkm fell within
the elephant reserve, ¢â ¹â ¹ said Meetu Gupta of an NGO, Wildlife SOS. Since the
state government had already recommended mineral concessions for a number of
industrial houses, it withdrew the proposal to the Centre and shrunk the
reserve area by 100sqkm. It ¢â ¹s four years since the Centre cleared the
proposal but the state government hasn ¢â ¹t yet notified the sanctuary.
It ¢â ¹s learnt the state government signed MOUs with Tata Steel and Essar in
June and July 2005. Tata would produce 5 million tonne and
Essar 3.2 million tonne of integrated steel per annum. Says Sudiep
Shrivastava, ¢â ¸â ¸It takes 1.8 tonnes of iron ore to produce one tonne of
steel. While the market price for iron ore is around Rs 3,500 per tonne, the
cost of raw material from captive mine is Rs 500 per tonne. ¢â ¹â ¹
With this arithmetic, Tata would reduce cost of production by Rs 2,700 crore
per annum, he claimed. Chhattisgarh government ¢â ¹s MOUs assure full assistance
in the form of land, minerals, water, infrastructure, etc.
A minister during Congress rule, Bhupesh Baghel claims that the state
government is recklessly signing MOUs. ¢â ¸â ¸Some of these companies exist only
on paper and have no experience of setting up of a steel or power plant, ¢â ¹â ¹
Baghel told TOI. NavBharat Coal Fields was allotted a coal block in Hasdeo
Arand. This little-known company was sold to Solar Explosive Limited, 18
months after the coal block allocation, as per the information of the
National Stock Exchange. Similarly, iron ore areas have been recommended for
Pushp Steel and Power, Bambaleshwari Ispat, Akshay Investment, even in the
name of an individual Santosh Agarwal.
¢â ¸â ¸The state has even sold our rivers to industrial houses. Chhattisgarh was
the first state to commercialise water. In 2001, it allowed a private
company, Radius Water, to sell water to industries on Shivnath river in
Durg. This deal was purely on the basis of a private negotiations. Today,
there is not a single river in the state that does not have industries on
the banks. Wherever there is water, industrial plants have been set-up.
Contrary to the national water policy, much of the state government ¢â ¹s water
plans solely benefit industrial houses, ¢â ¹â ¹ he added.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Raman-Jairam-in-mining-war/articleshow/6018247.cms
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Mon Jun 7, 2010 1:29 am (PDT)
Is it a surprise that all these MOUs are for exploitation of minerals and natural wealth? Can anyone show an easier and more profitable way to defraud the tribes & forest dwellers of what is rightfully first theirs, and may be later of rest of the people in India, than grabbing this bounty of theirs in the name of development? These are low hanging fruits, easy pickings for venal politicians & their paymasters. CG government went about professionally with its task, but may be ruling elite's great hurry to grab as much as they can seem to be unraveling their best laid plans.
Sadanand
--- In chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com, "S.Choudhary" <smita...@.. .> wrote:
>
> Raman, Jairam in mining war
> Suchandana Gupta, TNN, Jun 7, 2010,
>
> RAIPUR: A tussle between the Chhattisgarh government and the Ministry of
> Environment and Forests (MoEF) over an elephant reserve has reached the
> Prime Minister ¦â ¹s Office (PMO). And the dispute is emblematic of the way the
> richly forested state is hurtling to get the developed tag by shaving off
> its pristine tree cover.
>
> Since 2004, the Chhattisgarh government has signed 102 memorandum of
> understandings (MOUs) with industrial houses for production of steel, sponge
> iron, power, cement and aluminium. The government claims to have brought Rs
> 1,65,000- crore investment to the state.
>
> "Questions are being raised because nearly all these MOUs focus on minerals
> and mining industries, and were signed on the basis of private negotiations
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Mon Jun 7, 2010 1:31 am (PDT)
*Bastar tribals and Indian Maoists in Satnam's Jangalnama*
Updated May 24
Deep inside the forests of Bastar in southern Chattisgarh live a mass of
Indian citizens ¶ tribals ¶ who speak a tongue that bears no resemblance to
the major Indian languages; subsist on broken rice, salt, dried fish and
roots; have no gods or religion in the sense that has now become normative,
and have no comprehension either of many basic axioms of democratic politics
and market economics. As soon as we look at them, we begin to misunderstand
and patronise them: their minds are almost impossibly foreign, and in
popular discourse they are mostly referred to in a pejorative way. They
occupy territories rich in mineral and forest resources, and yet are
themselves desperately poor.
you can read the rest of the article in Amit Verma's blog
http://middlestage.blogspot.com/2010/05/bastar-tribals-and-maoists-in-satnams.html
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Mon Jun 7, 2010 1:32 am (PDT)
Esteemed Rajeshji,
It is possible to wake up only those who are genuinely sleeping or truly ignorant.
Sadanand
--- In chhattisgarh-n...@yahoogroups.com, Rajesh Singh Sisodia <nangep...@. ..> wrote:
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> Esteemed Satyenji,
>
> Kindly organize this event in Chhattisgarh,so that we less educated Chhattisgarhiyas could be awakened.
>
> Does Arundhanti
> Roy have enough courage to deliver such lecture in Chhattisgarh?
>
> Regards;
> Rajesh
>
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