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On Monday, June 30, 2014 11:23:50 PM UTC+5:30, AYUSH Adivasi Yuva Shakti wrote: > > > 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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