--------Original Message ------- Stupid government websites and their whorish contents ==
Human race didn't originate in Kerala according to facts known so far. We all are descendants of some settlers, or encroachers - if some linkage is to be provided to Munnar episode. From such an angle a foreigner settling down should not be a worthy cause to have our adrenalin raised. Her descendants may become Keralites and Malayalees in due course who would seemingly dissolve into our society. But a project like SmartCity SEZ is something different - its an exclusive zone where access for participation is limited, which gives way to seclusion and which promotes a different way of looking at human life here. By having such a glaring symbol of inequality in one of the most thriving and largest city in Kerala - a city which has been so after Kochiites have for long put in their toil to create it the way it is now - there are reasons why people become upset, when governments go across and offer sops - in contravention to the constitutional obligations. The most worrying fact for the people here should be the new found craze with ministers (present and future!) that there should be some proper way of *valuation* for land in Kerala. What makes them go on a *high* with a selling mood ? Do we authorise our legislators to sell our assets and fetch income to state ? Just because there is a notorious and sparingly-debated Act passed by Federal Government, is it a valid reason to have the same implemented in such a haste without allowing people to debate and discuss on such issues here ? If the Government want to shy away from discharging its responsibilities, is this the way to go around - create more exclusive Free zones ? Is this the way a federal minister should orient the Coast Guard - around Exclusive Economic Zones ? Whose interests are these people in politics protecting ? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ greenyouth mailinglist is the activist support mailinglist for kerala run by Global Alternate Information Applications (GAIA) To post to this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
