REMINDER On 6/15/08, Dileep Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Kerala <http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/15/25hdline.htm> - Kannur [image: > Printer Friendly > Page]<http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2008061554940500.htm&date=2008/06/15/&prd=th&;> > [image: Send this Article to a > Friend]<http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/pgemail.pl?date=2008/06/15/&prd=th&;> > > *State evicting Adivasis at Aralam: AGM * > > Special Correspondent > > KANNUR: Accusing the State government of "caste discrimination" against > Adivasis, the Adivasi Gothra Mahasabha (AGM) has threatened to launch a stir > from July 9 to highlight its demand for ending the "discriminatory approach" > towards tribal families. > > Alleging that there was an undeclared eviction of Adivasis from the Aralam > Farm in a bid to hand over half of its land to a new company to be > constituted for running the farm, AGM president C.K. Janu and Rashtriya > Mahasabha general secretary M. Geethanandan said at a press meet here on > Saturday that the removal of electric fencing that divided the Aralam > Wildlife Sanctuary and the farm land inhabited by Adivasi families was part > of a conspiracy to evict Adivasis from the farm. > > Many Adivasi families settled in the farm as part of a rehabilitation > package had been forced to leave owing to shortage of facilities, they said. > > > These families would stage 'gothra pooja' and organise a cultural gathering > in front of the collectorate here on July 9. > > Simultaneously, an indefinite stir would begin in front of the Adivasi > Rehabilitation Mission office in Thiruvanathapuram, they said. > > -- > Dileep R I thuravoor > > > > >
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
