शू …आदिवासींनो शांत झोपा ! ठाणे जिल्ह्यातील विक्रमगड तालुक्यात आदिवासी उपयोजनेतून बांधण्यात आलेल्या सूर्या धरण प्रकल्पाचे पाणी फक्त पूर्वीच्या जव्हार व आताचा विक्रमगड, डहाणू आणि पालघर या तालुक्यासाठी राखीव होते. परंतु शासनाने या धरणाचे पाणी आता वसई - विरार महानगरपालिका (185 mld) व मिरा - भांईदर महानगरपालिकेला (403mld) देण्याचा निर्णय घेतला आहे. त्या साठी 1325.77 कोटी मंजूर केले आहेत !
हा प्रकल्प तुझे घर, पाडा, गाव, गावदेव बुडवून बनवला पण तू ३० वर्षा पासून तहानलेला. येथून २किमी वर असलेले तुझे आदिवासी पाडे कोरडे ! आणि आता सुसरी, पिंजाळ तुमचे पाणी शहरात पळवणार ! निसर्गाचे जतन करायचे असेल तर ५वी अनुसूची आणि PESA नुसार TSP चा “स्वायत्त आदिवासी जिल्हा” हाच एक उपाय Swayatt Adivasi Jilha Kruti Samiti - Thane <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rh8-OICae6o/U7GkE7Gj_wI/AAAAAAAA4oY/KFlRm5P0-DQ/s1600/pani+surya.gif> On Monday, June 30, 2014 3:46:17 PM UTC+5:30, AYUSH Adivasi Yuva Shakti wrote: > > > > > When the adivasis demand planned implementation of the Surya project, > they're being told a change of use-patterns of the project is necessary in > the nation's larger interest. > > Whose nation, they ask - that of the handful of builders and contractors > whose buildings with poor water facilities fetch poor prices? Or that of > thousands of farmers and poor peasants? It's nobody's contention that Vasai > residents don't have a severe water problem. > > But why have adivasis and local farmers to sacrifice their resources to > somehow clear up the mess that ill-conceived land dereservation policies > and lack of urban planning have created? Hundreds of tribal and other local > farmers, under the banner of Surya Dharan Sangharsh Samiti recently held a > satyagraha and courted arrest at Dhuktan village (Palghar taluka), where > work on the proposed pipeline is in progress. They ask these same > questions. The point is, will they be properly answered? > > > > > On Sunday, March 6, 2011 4:48:31 PM UTC+5:30, AYUSH - adivasi yuva shakti > wrote: >> >> *AYUSH** news* >> >> This mail is sent to you to share the news. >> we are trying to share the news which can relate to tribal’s, rural >> issues. so all peoples can come to know. Although many people’s get >> instant updated about new on via latest gadgets etc but we believe that the >> selected news regular at inbox will play good role ensure not to miss >> any related news by readers. Requesting you to forward similar news if you >> have any >> >> लोखा सान्गत गोठि सन्गल्या नाय त माहित नाय पडत तय, आथा अपले कडच्या काहि >> गोठि सान्गाया मि आलुहु. आजचि गोठ होति गवसलि माना तुम्हला माहित होया साठि >> पाठवितु >> >> *Surya project: Thane adivasis' Waterloo* >> >> >> >> *Surya project: Thane adivasis' Waterloo* >> ------------------------------ >> >> The proposed diversion of waters of the Surya Irrigation Project to the >> newly-planned CIDCO Colony in Vasai-Virar is a classic example of lopsided >> development, wherein the state is engaged in robbing rural areas to fuel >> unsustainable development in urban centres. To adivasis of Thane district, >> the transfer of their water resources is a state-sponsored loot of their >> collective wealth earmarked for their development under the Fifth Five Year >> Plan. >> >> The Surya Major Irrigation Project was approved by the Planning >> Commission and the Central Water Resources Commission in 1975. Two dams >> were built at Dhamni and Kavdas in Jawhar taluka on Surya river, a >> tributary of Vaitarna. >> >> The project was to provide irrigation facilities to 92 villages in >> Dahanu, Jawhar and Palghar. Eighty-eight of these villages fall within the >> Scheduled Area. Despite the fact that the area gets high rainfall, the >> adivasis who form the bulk of the population eke out a miserable existence >> on a single crop. Malnutrition deaths are recurrent inthe tribal belt, and >> post-monsoon, entire families migrate for work. It was to prevent this >> migration and `benefit backward Adivasi areas' by providing for a second >> crop that Surya Project was approved. >> >> The state thought it prudent to utilise funds earmarked for tribal >> development instead of the budgets under the irrigation department. The >> fact that about Rs 130 crore of the total Rs 145.9 crore meant for tribal >> development were used to harness the area's water resources shows whom the >> state envisaged as real beneficiaries. >> >> Proponents of the pipeline diversion scheme know they have no moral or >> financial claim over the Surya waters. But pressures from builders and >> contractors, who have converted *Harit Vasai* into a nightmare impinge >> heavily on the state, particularly after they've all but exhausted Vasai's >> ground water resources. They argue that while the pipeline will divert >> water to Vasai, this won't be at the expense of the project. >> >> They say diversion of water is a temporary measure to utilisethe already >> harnessed but unutilised waters of the Surya Project. As the Left Bank >> Canal and the distributary canals are still incomplete, they argue the >> impounded waters in Dhamni and Kavdas dams far exceed the water utilised >> today for a second crop. This `surplus water' at the rate of 100 million >> litres per day (mld) is sought to be utilised for Vasai-Virar till 2007 AD. >> After 2007, they argue, the needs of Vasai-Virar would be met through >> construction of another storage near the present one at Kavdas in Surya >> valley. >> >> On the face of it, the argument appears flawless. Scarce, unutilised >> water resources must be utilised to fulfil needs of a parched population. >> But why is it that after 23 years, waters of the Surya project remain >> unutilised for irrigation purposes? With the order of the revenue and >> forest department on 25.3.1996, wherein alternative land for compensatory >> afforestation was provided to the forest department, the last objection for >> construction of canals through forest land was removed. Yetafter two years, >> work on the canals remains at a standstill. >> >> If the work were to be taken up in right earnest, it would be completed >> in a matter of months. But then, would the so-called `surplus waters' be >> available? Local villagers claim the work on the Surya project continues to >> be deliberately delayed to artificially create an `unutilised water >> surplus' that can then be `diverted.' >> >> Anyway, the government has nowhere spelt out the scientific basis for >> arriving at the magic date of 2007 AD. The high sedimentation rate due to >> the catchment area's barren hillsides has greatly reduced the storage >> capacity of the reservoirs at Dhamni and Kavdas, further decreasing the >> water available for irrigation. >> >> With the help of a World Bank loan, the state will be spending Rs 268 >> crore to lay the pipeline and complete other constructions to provide the >> water of the project to Vasai-Virar. This is only a temporary measure till >> other sources are tapped in Surya valley. Initially, the government stated >> on oath - in awrit petition filed in 1996, in Bombay High Court - that the >> Surya water would be diverted only till 1996. >> >> But the government has extended the `temporary' permission till 2007 AD. >> What is the guarantee that a further extension will not be granted? >> Already, a significant amount of the Surya water has been diverted to MIDC, >> Tarapur, the Atomic Power Station, Tarapur, and the BSES Thermal Power >> Station, Dahanu. >> >> This diversion is permanent. What guarantee is there to prevent the >> proposed temporary pipeline from becoming permanent? And assuming the >> pipeline is only a temporary measure, will the state permit it to lie in >> disuse from 2007 onwards, after having spent Rs 268 crore on it? The >> strange logic of development financing is forcing a Rs 145 crore project to >> fall into disuse by spending Rs 268 crore on a new project. >> >> Why has the state preferred not to explore smaller water sources much >> nearer to Vasai, which can collectively serve the needs of Vasai's >> population? The Ghateghar (8 million litres per day -8 mld), Sativali (7.10 >> mld), Rajivali (2.7 mld), Kholsapada (34 mld), Warna nalla (55 mld), Usgaon >> (10 mld) and Kaman (52.10 mld) schemes can collectively provide about 170 >> million litres of water per day, at a cost of Rs 124 crore. >> >> This is almost double the potential of the proposed Surya pipeline, at >> less than half the cost. The draft plan itself mentions that ``the capital >> cost and operational costs'' of schemes like the Surya Scheme ``is >> therefore bound to be high.'' This will unnecessarily push up the water >> rates that Vasai residents will have to cough up. ``Tanker-free'' villages >> remains only a slogan. >> >> The diversion of water resources of the adivasis will force them to leave >> their villages and occupy slums that will mushroom in urban Vasai, >> aggravating the water scarcity there.According to the new Panchayat law >> for Scheduled Areas, it is mandatory for the state to consult the Gram >> Sabha, i.e. the village community, prior to construction of any development >> project. But work on the pipeline to transfer water resources is taking >> place regardless of the Act's provisions. >> >> When the adivasis demand planned implementation of the Surya project, >> they're being told a change of use-patterns of the project is necessary in >> the nation's larger interest. >> >> Whose nation, they ask - that of the handful of builders and contractors >> whose buildings with poor water facilities fetch poor prices? Or that of >> thousands of farmers and poor peasants? It's nobody's contention that Vasai >> residents don't have a severe water problem. >> >> But why have adivasis and local farmers to sacrifice their resources to >> somehow clear up the mess that ill-conceived land dereservation policies >> and lack of urban planning have created? Hundreds of tribal and other local >> farmers, under the banner of Surya Dharan Sangharsh Samiti recently held a >> satyagraha and courted arrest at Dhuktan village (Palghar taluka), where >> work on the proposed pipeline is in progress. They ask these same >> questions. The point is, will they be properly answered? >> >> *(The writer is a social activist and researcher with Kashtakari >> Sanghatana in Dahanu, Thane district)* >> >> Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd. >> >> >> >> for original link of news please visit - >> http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980704/18550924.html >> >> note – >> 1. above mentioned information is same as per news website or reference. >> 2. AYUSH team may not be agree with writers opinion always, we are >> publishing here to know different thinking & methods >> 3. Requesting you to send your opinion on this news, so we can know >> different opinions >> 4. You can check old mails sent to our group at - >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#forum/adiyuva >> 5. To know details about our policies, please visit disclaimer at right >> bottom side of AYUSH home page >> 6. If you want to share news with us please send with original link at >> ay...@adiyuva.in >> >> 8. 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