Assam could not look for or depend on north-Indians' sense of outrage
or justice or propriety. In that I won't make much of
Agarwal's commitments or PSI's support for THEIR mother-Ganga, a
mother they had no hesitance to defile as they have been doing for
decades with no end in sight. Some mother it is! They can hardly take
care of their own.
On Aug 29, 2010, at 11:39 AM, mc mahant wrote:
What do ASSAMNETTERS SURMISE?
Gangaji is sacred- so no dams -High or Low
ASSAMese are not needed. Assam's resources are.
So--- High Dam to block Subansiri cannot be stopped!! mm
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Peoples Science Institute
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Friends:
I am happy to inform you that Dr G.D. Agrawals tapasya, his third
fast-unto-death, has finally achieved the desired result. Since
2008, Dr
Agrawal has been trying to persuade the Government of Uttarakhand
and the
Government of India that R. (Bhagirathi) Ganga must be allowed to
flow in
its natural state in the uppermost reach between Gangotri and
Uttarkashi.
The two governments had plans to construct three new large hydropower
projects in this stretch. Dr Agrawals fasts have led to the
scrapping of all
the three projects.
On August 24, 2010 the 36th day of Dr G.D. Agrawals fast Shri
Jairam Ramesh,
Union Minister for Environment & Forests handed him a letter from
Shri
Pranab Mukherjee, Union Finance Minister and Head of a Group of
Ministers
(GoM) appointed by the Prime Minister to advise the GoI on the
issues raised
by Dr Agrawal.Agrawal.
In this letter Shri. Pranab Mukherjee outlined the following
decisions of
the GoI:
(i) Scrapping the Loharinag-Pala, Pala-Maneri and Bhaironghati Hydel
projects on the R. Bhagirathi. Earlier the GoU had suspended work
on its
Pala-Maneri and Bhaironghati projects.
(ii) Declare approximately 135 km from Gaumukh (upstream of
Gangotri) to
Uttarkashi as an eco-sensitive zone under the Environment
Protection Act
(1986).
(iii) These decisions have been taken by the government keeping in
mind the
faith that millions of Indians have in the sanctity of R. Ganga.
(iv) A consortium of seven IITs has been entrusted with the
responsibility
for preparing a comprehensive Ganga River Basin Management Plan. The
consortium will engage in the widest possible public consultations
in this
work.
(v) The above decisions of the GoI will be formally ratified at a
meeting of
the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) to be convened
soon. Dr
G.D. Agrawal and his selected supporters will address the Authority.
Dr Agrawal reviewed the letter and announced that he would amend his
fast-unto-death by beginning to consume a diet of fruits everyday. He
pointed out that in May 2009 the Uttarakhand High Court had ordered
that a
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