anybody who doesn't use electricity at home or in farm should do as requested. Regards. akbhatt
On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Tejal V. <[email protected]> wrote: > Appologies for cross posting. > > Hello, > > Please read forwarded messages & attached files, to write in support of the > cause & demand release of ACT (Affected Citizens of Teesta) activists. This > is a silent struggle going in Sikkim & the locals, who are protesting > non-violently against the hydel projects that are going to destroy their > land, water, air...the very being of every life-form in that place. Each one > of us need to stand by our brave fellow beings & support their conviction... > > > Read about a Satyagraha movement led by members of Affected Citizens of > Teesta (ACT) against setting up of hydel projects in Rivers; Dzongu & > Teesta (Sikkim). Protestors are on hunger strike & have resolved to fight > to the death for their Rivers. Check these links; > http://weepingsikkim.blogspot.com/ , http://www.savetheteesta.com/ , > http://www.actsikkim.com/ . To know more on the issue, *directly > contact*Tseten Lepcha (Chief Coordinator, ACT) at > [email protected] > > It ia an APPEAL TO ALL, please write letters to concerned authorities > (state & centre) to condemn the action taken by the Sikkim Government and > demand immediate release of the ACT protestors. Do inform others in your > contact to extend support from all possible direction. Dont forget to send > copies of your protest letters to Tseten Lepcha (Chief Coordinator, ACT) at > [email protected] > > For Sikkim Rivers & life around, > > Tejal Vishweshwar > <<<<<<<<<<<<<< > Nurturing Grounds > art .ideas .actions > 9 8 3 3 7 0 7 5 9 8 > >>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > " We cannot have ecological movement designed to prevent violence against > nature, > unless the principle of non-violence becomes central to the ethics of human > culture." - Mahatma Gandhi > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > dear sir /madam, > enclosed is a press release of ACT for ur kind > info n further action please > > > with regrds- tseten Lepcha > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > *Forty three Protestors against Panan Hydro in Sikkim Arrested* > Yesterday evening, the 7th of February 2009, Sikkim police arrested 43 > protestors including, 7 women and two juveniles of the Affected Citizens of > Teesta (ACT) who were protesting against the construction activities of the > Panan (300 MW) Hydropower Project on the Rangyang river, a tributary of > Teesta, in the protected Dzongu Reserve of the Lepchas.in he north district > of Sikkim. > > Panan project is developed by the Himgiri Hydro Power Pvt., Ltd. promoted > by the Nagarjuna Fertilisers. Panan is one of the seven projects within the > Dzongu Reserve which ACT has been long demanding to be scrapped. The project > has so far got environmental clearance but yet to get forest clearance and > clearance from the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). > > ACT has been opposing the construction activities of this project without > obtaining all the requisite clearances. > > The arrested activists include Dawa Lepcha, General Secretary, Tenzing > Lepcha and Gyatso Lepcha, the President of the Concerned Lepchas of Sikkim > (CLOS) and the Vice President of the Sangha of Dzongu. Two juvenile > protestors were, however, released and the rest taken in to police custody. > > While the activists have refused bail, their police custody can be extended > to a week by the special powers of the District Magistrate in absence of a > Resident Judge. > > This is the first time in the history of Dzongu that police went inside the > Lepcha Reserve and arrested so many people. > > ACT has been spearheading the protests in Sikkim against mega hydro > projects, especially in the Protected Lepcha Reserve of Dzongu. > > A draft protest letter is attached herewith. Please fell free to send the > protest letter to the Chief Minister and Governor of Sikkim after making any > modification, correction and/or additions.Also a protest letter could be > sent to the Prime Miister of India at 91-11-23019545 / 91-11-23016857. > > Please send copies of the protest letter to Tseten Lepcha at > [email protected] > > . > > > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" 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.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
