Really Mr Maheswar Mundaji, You have brought out and highlighted the problem from DIL SE. In fact these stories of so called development are very "Dardnac"...
------------------------------------------------------------------ On 1/22/08, Maheshwar Munda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Respected members of this group, > > I have been reading the views from various > members of this group on the subject "Tatas > sucking the blood out of Orrisa." > > Well ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate all efforts. At least some of us > are worried about the poverty of poors (mainly tribals) and backwardness of > some ore rich Indian states (Jharkhand, Orrisa, Chattishgarh). Otherwise I > know most of educated / rich / high class people think "AAG LAGE BASTI MEI, > HUM RAHEN MASTI MEI." > > It is very difficult for a person to estimate or feel the pain / problems > of poors and the reason of poverty, unless and until he / she experiences > the same situation. Bhai log, yahan PC ya laptop ke samne baithke > dislocation / exploitation ke shikar logon ke bare likhna bahut asan hai. > > There is no doubt that the business giants like Tata / sterlite / Reliance > etc are sucking blood of poors or locals for their exploration / production > activities. No one is blaming them for sucking blood, this is a fact. Tatas > are taking Ores / Minerals from Orissa / Jharkhand and doing very less for > the local people / tribes in these States. All those were listed in the > first mail on this topic. > > Well, the natural resources like Hematite / Magnetite / Siderite / Bauxite > / Chromium / Mica / Coal / Uranium or other ores /mineral are to be explored > / exploited for manufacture of various products such as MS / CS / SS / Al / > Cu / power for domestic or industrial use. Akhir hum kab tak PASHAN YUG mei > rahte!! These ores are state or public properties. Par aap beshak inki > kudayi kijiye, par uske liye jo apne paitrik jamin se vistapith ho rahe > hain, usko lath mar kar nahin. Unko apne jagah se hatane bad unke sahi > punarwas ka to intjam kijiye. > > Normally, the locals are uneducated. Then they are paid off some tiny > amounts for their lands. Punarwas ka to koi solid solution hota nahin. Unko > koi 4th grade job dekar mamla thanda kar diya jata hai. > > Beshak, aap mauke ka advantage lijiye, but I don't support the funda of > "KISI KI PET PE LATH MARKAR APNA MAAL BADAO." > > I am also agreed, that there are some formalities, rules & regulations for > land acquisitions for setting up mines / rigs / plants etc. These business > houses are established only after GOVERNMENT approvals. > > But do you know the "actual" procedure for all these? These are only paper > work. You may not be knowing because you might be working in Software > Company or sitting in US. Great Individual achievement. Ye saare kaam sirf > laptop / computer mei design / email / copy-paste karne se nahin hota. Iske > piche business giants / administrative officers / public servants / > politicians ke beech crores ka game hota hai. Permission can be obtained > from the competent authority such as OISD, State Pollution Control Board, > Factories Inspectorate, concerned ministry etc. easily. Otherwise, tell me > the name of any local / villager who knows about policies / MoUs etc. And > ultimately the dislocated people suffer like beggars. They are never paid > the sufficient and reasonable amount. > > > Sometimes, I think that ki ye Relliance / Tata / Birla walon ka last 10 > years mei hi turnover / market capitalization itna kyun bada? There is no > doubt that Ambanis, Tatas, Birlas have worked very hard; they have expanded > their business like anything; they are giving employment to many people, > they are paying huge taxes to govt.; but one question still arises in my > mind, how do they grow in this tremendous speed!! Answer is the high profit > margin. May be it is because of them that India has shown so much of > progress over the last couple of years, but the customers, backward and > poors (even middle class) are still deceived. They have forgotten the India > in the name of Global Competition or business expansion. Rate of > exploitation of the ores / minerals have tremendously increased. Their > business has grown up and they have made huge money, but what is the status > of locals? > > Do you think that boom in software / electronic / steel / automobile > industry is the real progress? Bhailog, ek ordinary citizen ko IT boom / > 20000 sensex ka matlab samjh mei nahin aata. Kuch fark nahin padta usko. > Uske liye real progress is his cultivation. Yaar, main ya aap software / > steel kha nahin sakte. Zinda rahne ke liye Rice, wheat, vegetables etc. > chahiye. There are lots of things to do for farmers. Employment doesn't mean > only govt. / private job / engineering / medical / law / software job; it > also includes agriculture. > > > Partho, I also agree that "Manushya apane bhagya ka nirmata swaym hai." > But I also believe that for a poor, the richer one also play part in his > poverty. From the very beginning of human civilization, weaker / poor > sections have been exploited by the stronger / richer section of society, > just like animals. History khol ke dekho, aapko yahi milega. Raja-Maharaja > ke zamane se lekar, Zamindar, Angrezon ke time se lekar abhi tak. Only the > system and ways for exploiting the weaker / poor section has changed. > > Richer / educated people are very smart. Smart in the way that they can > present what they not actually are. They will talk in terms of the > development of nation, not in terms of self benefit. Exploitation / > injustice being done towards the poors / tribals / locals by the business > giants behind the false motive of progress. Two Ambanis, a premji, etc are > the richest Indians with worth more than lakhs of crores and 50 crores > Indians have annual income less than 50 thousand!! Why is this huge gap? No > doubt these giants are providing food to 100000 families. But ultimately > they have exploited the nature, the locals, and 100 crore Indians by the way > of pollution / dislocation / keeping high profit margin!! > > Dears, in business houses ne nature ki baat laga ke rakhi hai. Tons of > pollutants (poisonous, toxic gases, harmful radioactive radiations, > effluents, chemicals, acids, bases, dust, noise etc.) are released into > environment (Air, water, land) in the name of national development. No > doubt, there are state control boards (like GPCB, APPCB, WBPCB etc), > emission norms, I know how they are achieved on papers. Pollution jitna last > 15 years mei bada hai, utna uske pahle ke crore years mei bhi nahin huwa > hoga. Greentech award rupye dekar liye jate hain. Aur industrial pollution > ki maar jyadatar in locals ya gareebon pe hi padti hai. Rich ke paas > Aquaguard hain, water purifier hain, gareeb ke paas kya hai!! > > As far the development is concerned, I think development should be > referred to a situation where all people should be getting sufficient food > and cloth, good health and a house for shelter. And, not a situation that > one Ambani has lakhs crore as personal assets and 50 crore people are > earning less than 50000 annually. There should be some uniformity / > equality. For this you have to thrust on development in agriculture sector > also. > > One thing I don't understand, that why the only poors are targeted for > establishing plants / SEZs etc. Why forcible bloodful acquisitions take > place like Nandigram, Kalingnagar etc. Poors / tribals ka ghar ujadkar aap > cities mei fountain park, AC office, hospital banate hain. Logon ko pine ke > liye pani nahin milta aur aap fountain park mei pani barbad kar rahe hain. > Kiriburu, Guwa, Chiriya, Badampahar, jhariya, Gurumahisani se aap Hematite > (iron ore) / Coal to nikal lete hain lekin aap wahan ke locals ke liye ek > free quality school / hospital nahin bana sakte hain!! Aap hospital bhi > banate hain to Jamshedpur / Mumbai walon ke liye, jahan aap moti fees le > lete hain. > > Bhai, ye to sarasar na-insafi hai. > > > Sincerely Yours > M.Maheshwar > >
