"The participants have also demanded Forest village land settlement and
rehabilitation of evicted people and the families displaced by floods and
erosion. They also called for immediate declaration of rehabilitation and
resettlement policies by the NE states."
"Over 2,000 participants from all over the NE region and other parts of the
country took part in the dialogue, which was also attended by Narmada Bachao
Andolan leader Medha Patkar." ("People's consent must for development
projects". AT report, June 19)
The first paragraph above has all valid points.
M'Da wrote:
>She made jokes about Vajpayee's(actuallyTata/Volvo/OilCo's) "PET PROJECT" -6
>-lane motorway
While she is all concerned about the poor people, I also read that she was
involved in activities like obstructing rehablitation of the same poor people.
Is she aware that those people won't get an award or a grant even if they don't
accept the government help and just STARVE to death?
Is she against technology then?
“In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble
like a blade of grass”
- Lakshmana
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 22 Jun 2007
08:14:55 +0530Subject: Re: [Assam] New Towns Around Guwahati and Medha Patkar
I was there -the 2nd day.I found Medha -A thinker for all people ,all India.
Expressive ,Selfless,Honest,Fearless,ace in fluent oratory in flawless Hindi
or English: -Totally aware of
MeaningfulTechnology,Progress,Development - Totally informed
of all that is going on in Assam and So-Called-By-Some NE -
And witty to the coreShe made jokes about
Vajpayee's(actuallyTata/Volvo/OilCo's) "PET PROJECT" -6 -lane motorwayShe felt
there should be 100 cities in Assam where all residents work and produce-not
SELL.She said "Look East" Policy is actually "Loot East" She asked Assam and
"NE" to aid India fight out the grasp of the sellout facade Brigade
Mittal-Ambani-Tata- and all the Ballyhoo of Navaratnas. I really thought she
was the right material to become the NEXT Indian PM.I hope India grows up to
recruit her to lead. mm ADate: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:58:53 -0700> From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]> To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Assam] New
Towns Around Guwahati and Medha Patkar> > 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?> > > > >
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