---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rakhi Sehgal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 9 Jan 2008 18:47 Subject: Boycott Khooni Tata Car - Press Conference tomorrow at 3 pm, Press Club Delhi To:
*BOYCOTT KHOONI TATA CAR* *PRESS CONFERENCE* *10 January 2008* *3 pm* * * The House of Tatas were voted to be the 3rd most transparent and accountable corporation in the world by the One World Trust on 20 December 2007. Three days earlier Shankar Patra (45) of Khaser Bheri hung himself in his cow shed. This has been the fourth suicide in the project affected villages where land has been taken over for the Tatas Motor Car project. The state machinery has consistently furthered the interest of the Tatas by using brutal state power. Many of the workers and their families are complaining today of hunger, loss in income and indebtedness. The workers have so far rejected their promises, asking them instead to guarantee them work for 11 months a year, the amount of work they used to get on the land taken over for the Tata Motors Project. Till today the farmers of Singur (owning about 400 acres) have refused to take cheques and part with their land. Ultra low-cost small cars -- such as the much-hyped, about-to-be-launched Rs 1 lakh Tata car -- can mean big trouble, unless India makes drastic policy changes. The influx of these cars would drive public transport and two-wheelers off the roads and greatly increase urban congestion and pollution. The press conference will be addressed by: *Medha Patkar (NAPM)* *Anuradha Talwar (Paschim Banga Khet Mazdoor Union)* *Sunita Narain (Centre for Science and Environment) * *Pradeep Saha (Down to Earth).*** *Affected people from Singur* * * *Date: Thursday, 10 January 2008* *Time: 3 – 5 pm* *Venue: Press Club* Contacts: Rakhi 99115 99955, Sree Prakash, 98718 80686, Sridevi 98680 99304 -- Bobby Kunhu C1/5, SDA, New Delhi - 110 016 Phone - +91-11-46021460 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
