Dilip-da, You had written:
> The shallowness in the thought process of social > activist critic Medha Patkar > is so apparent in the paragraph, "Referring to the > proposed creation of three > more towns to expand the Guwahati metropolitan area, > she said that shopping > malls and highways should not be the yardstick to > measure development. The > development approach should also take into > consideration the issues like how > many people are going to be displaced and how many > people are getting their > livelihood affected by such projects." Why do you think this displays a shallowness of medha Patkar's thought process? Are you disputing her contention that shopping malls are not good indicators of development? You probably know that this was made in the context planned development programs in Assam and not just in the context of the Guwahati Master plan. The experience with these projects have been that many people were displaced, without adequate compensation. If a dam is constructed on the Pagladia river in Kamrup, for instance, many Assamese farmers will be displaced. A resolution in the meeting is given below. Do you have any objections to it? (http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun2007/at05) GUWAHATI, June 19 Participants of the two-day national dialogue on environment and sustainable development that ended at the BKB Auditorium of Gauhati University yesterday, resolved to reject all development policies and programmes if free, prior and informed consent to them is not obtained from the indigenous peoples of the region. x ------------------------------------------------ > Anyone who visited Guwahati in recent times knows how > congested Guwahati has > become. Spreading the population to three more urban > areas would surely improve > the quality of life. Shopping malls and highways are > not the primary reasons > for the new plan, Guwahatians know well. As a part of > the redistribution of > people and enterprise, if such facilities are needed, > they will definitely > emerge as the secondary need. > Does Ms. Patkar know how to make an omelette without > breaking an egg? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
