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Earth Matters
Program 87a
Juliet Fox
3CR Community Radio
03 9419 8377
ComRadSat Program 12/11/1999
CUE SHEET
INTRO : "Thanks for tuning in ..."
OUTRO : "... see you later."
DURATION : 25'00" (frogs til around 26'00")
PART 2 Arundhati Roy - Indian author and activist
Arundhati Roy is the author of "The God of Small Things" which received
world acclaim when it won the Booker Prize. More recently Arundhati has
received further attention through her campaigning against the massive
Narmada dam project in India. Today on Earth Matters we hear the final part
of Arundhati's address to over a thousand people at La Trobe univeristy in
Melbourne.
Arundhati begins by outlining some of the statistics and data which come
out of the bureaucracy that is behind the project. As she says, "the
statistical bedrock on which this project sits is faulty". She also
outlines how the "benefits" of the project are highly exaggerated and often
put up as been of direct benefit to the poor - the very people who are
people displaced.
IN: "Because this river flows through"
OUT: "not been able to rehabilitate."
DUR: 7'45
Changing the river with dams has seen massive deposits of silt, forcing
women to walk miles to collect water, and small boats to get caught in
circular currents. Whole villages are submerged with some promises of
"project affected people" (PAPS!) being relocated - often this leads to
people being separated, communities broken up and totally inappropriate
"rehabilitation" being implemented.
IN: "Even though the dam is nowhere near its"
OUT: "the land for absentee landlords."
DUR: 8'15
Resettled people are often set up in tin shacks for years on end, while
they're told that it's only temporary. The people's fight to save their
river systems and protect their lives has seen whole communities standing
for hours in their homes as water rises. Finally Arundhati states that this
is a fight that must be won, and she hopes that people aware of the
situation will take action.
IN: "There's another category"
OUT: "so be there. Thank you."
DUR: 8'25
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