I convey my support and solidarity .Big
business in India have exceeded all constitutional
and statutory norms of functioning and consider
themselves above democracy and the Rule of Law.
Niloufer Deshmukh
Advocate , Mumbai
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From: Kamayani
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 11:48 AM
Subject: [humanrights-movement:3808] Press Release - The Senior
NDTVreportersMs. Sikta Dev, Ms. Sarah Jacob, cameraman Mr. Davedeep
Kunvar,well-known environmental activist Mr. Bharat Patel and their driver Mr.
ManishThakker threatened, illegally detained and manhandled by Mr.
Press Release
Date: 25th February 2011
· The Senior NDTV reporters Ms. Sikta Dev, Ms. Sarah Jacob, cameraman Mr.
Davedeep Kunvar, well-known environmental activist Mr. Bharat Patel and their
driver Mr. Manish Thakker threatened, illegally detained and manhandled by Mr.
M. P. Yadav, Nodal Officer of Adani Securities, Kutch .
· Why does the company want to hide the environmental destruction of the
coastal belt of Kutch?
· Has the Mundra coastline turned in Adanis' private property?
We the activists of Gujarat condemn the manhandling and illegal detention of
senior reporter Ms. Sikta Dev, Ms. Sarah Jacob, cameraman Mr. Davedeep Kunvar
of NDTV and well-known environmental activist Mr. Bharat Patel by the security
personal of the Adani Securities. They were illegally held by, Mr. M. P.
Yadav, the Nodal Officer of the Adani Securities in Kutch on 24th February
2011.
We understand that they were only engaged in video shooting at ‘Abhanvadi
Creek’ in the Mangrove Forest to gauge the impact of construction on the creek
and mangroves in the area. After finishing their work when they came back
around 3.00 p.m. to catch their Vehicle parked at distance they found their
driver Mr. Manish Thakker and their vehicle missing. Mr. M. P. Yadav told them
that they are under arrest as the reporters had entered the SEZ area of Adani
and they were taken to the Adani House located at Adani Port, Mundra. At Adani
House when they meet their drive Mr. Manish Thakker he was scared and even
started crying. The staff at Adani House manhandled the cameraman damaging his
camera as a result.
When the reporter insisted on proper legal procedure being followed they were
taken to the Development Commissioner's Office of Mundra Port and Special
Economic Zone, Mr. Mathew, Additional Development Commissioner agreed that the
Adani staff could a complaint but detaining anybody was illegal. The
Development Commissioner also agreed that the area where the NDTV reporters
video shooting was not part of SEZ.
This is not only a matter of reporters being obstructed from exercising their
right to report by private corporations. The other serious implications are:
a.. the corporation is trying to hide the reality of the irreparable damage
to the costal belt, filling up of the creek & destruction of mangroves
b.. it is tantamount to covering up crime with crime
c.. public property, natural & national resources are being turned over to
corporations
d.. the authorities that boast about law & order choose to remain
completely blind to wanton disregard for law & natural rights
e.. a Government that claims to be pro-people acts as a handmaiden of the
powerful corporate interests, so much for our democracy
The area under mangrove cover along the Gujarat Coast is the second largest
in India - after the Sunderbans. The Gulf of Kutch accounts to 93% of Gujarat's
mangroves. There is an attack on the ecology of the Kutch as almost the entire
stretch of coastal Kutch is taken over by the Port, SEZ and nearly 22000 MW
coal based power plants that are planned.
If the authorities have any modicum of respect for rule of law they must
immediately:
i) put a stop to the ecological destruction of the Kutch
ii) take action against Adanis personnel who acted in a wanton manner
and beyond their powers
iii) demand a public apology from Adanis for its illegal actions
iv) ensure that public property is not treated as private property by
anyone, however powerful
We appeal to the progressive people of Gujarat to condemn the concerned
corporation for the grave illegal action.
Swati Desai, Rohit Prajapati, Trupti Shah - Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
Rajnibhai Dave - Manaviya Technology Forum
Anand Mazgaonkar - National Alliance of People's Movements
Dr. J. S. Bandukwala – People’s Union for Civil Liberties, Gujarat
Amrish Brahmbhatt & Kantibhai Mistry - Jyoti Karmachari Mandal
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