009, 9:18 AM
> > PRESS RELEASE
> > DATE; 13TH JANUARY 2009
> > · The success story of the two digit growth has
> masked
> > the several digit realities of loss of livelihood,
> > land acquisition, displacement and permanent loss of
> > natural resources which are treated as free goods in
> > this process.
> >
> > · The investment figure without the displacement and
> > depletion of natural resources figure and the
> > employment figure without loss of livelihood does not
> > make sense. – Rohit Prajapati and Dr. Trupti Shah
> >
> > · No wise person would talk about the income without
> > talking the cost of acquiring that income or wealth.
> >
> > In the midst of the euphoria created by the investment
> > flooding in to Gujarat and lakhs of new jobs likely to
> > be created we would like to draw the attention of the
> > 5.5 crore of Gujaratis that this is only one side of
> > the story.
> >
> > The success story of the two digit growth has masked
> > the several digit realities of loss of livelihood,
> > land acquisition, displacement and permanent loss of
> > natural resources, which are treated as free goods in
> > this process. The investment figure without the
> > displacement and depletion of natural resources figure
> > and the employment figure without loss of livelihood
> > does not make sense. No wise person would talk about
> > the income without talking the cost of acquiring that
> > income or wealth.
> >
> > It is a shocking fact that we have never tried to
> > arrive at even a realistic estimate of these figures
> > but the magnitude of the loss can be guessed from some
> > of the facts emerging from various important research
> > works. This is just a tip of iceberg.
> >
> > Development-Induced Displacement in Gujarat 1947-2004
> > report prepared by Dr. Lancy Lobo and Shashikant Kumar
> > of Centre for Culture and Development clearly
> > indicates that there are 4,00,000 households displaced
> > and affected in Gujarat during 57 years of
> > Independence, amounting to 5% of the total population
> > of Gujarat from developmental projects such as water
> > resource related, transport and communications,
> > industries, mines, defence, sanctuaries, human
> > resource related, government offices, tourism and so
> > on. This report further indicates that a total of
> > 33,00,000 hectares of land has been acquired during
> > 1947-2004 as computed from 80,000 Gazette
> > notifications of the government of Gujarat and from
> > Land Acquisition Departments from 25 Collectorates
> > through RTI Act. This figure does not include the land
> > acquired and people affected by the most controversial
> > project Sardar Sarovar Dam [Narmada]. The acquisition
> > of land was not based on the market value of the
> > land but by bypassing all the rules of market
> > mechanism.
> >
> > This figure of displaced also does not include the
> > people who were dependent on land for their livelihood
> > but were not the owner of the land. Thus real figure
> > of loss of livelihood may even cross the figure of
> > 50,00,000. We hope that this figure is not negligible
> > for the Government of Gujarat.
> >
> > 2007 and now in 2009 vibrant Gujarat summit is talking
> > about huge investment but is silent on the issue of
> > land acquisition and loss of livelihood because of the
> > land “acquisition”.
> >
> > We would like to inform 5.5 Crore Gujaratis that
> > because of haphazard industrialisation, Gujarat has a
> > number of industrial pollution Hot-Spots, where
> > pollution levels are critical in surface water,
> > groundwater and air. Ankleshwar, Vapi, Nandesari and
> > Vatva are some such Hot-Spots.
> >
> > However, no zoning atlas is available for heavily
> > industrialised districts in the Golden Corridor,
> > where, in addition to existing industries, the
> > Government has planned a number of Mega chemicals
> > Industrial Estates.
> >
> > In Gujarat, groundwater is the major source of
> > drinking water in several talukas including those with
> > a high concentration of industries. This groundwater
> > has been contaminated in some areas of about 74
> > talukas out of 184 talukas. Some of them are in the
> > Golden Corridor - areas along the Kharicut Canal near
> > Ahmedabad, areas around Ankleshwar Industrial Estate,
> > some areas along ECP, and the areas surrounding Vapi
> > which are among the critical polluted areas. The types
> > of groundwater pollutants are TDS, hardness, salinity,
> > chloride, COD, color, heavy metals, and POPs.
> >
> > Current knowledge of the Gujarat Government on surface
> > and groundwater contamination is very limited.
> > Isolated reports exist of groundwater contamination in
> > industrial areas. Comprehensive studies to identify
> > the contamination of entire aquifers are absent.
> >
> > Rohit Prajapati
> > [ROHIT PRAJAPATI]
> > ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST
> > Trupti Shah
> > [Dr. TRUPTI SHAH]
> > ECONOMIST
> >
> >
> >
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