Hi! This is a very right cause and we all should denounce this state policy. When it is pretty much evident that agricultural output will go down as it is due to climatic disturbances caused by Elnino/Lanina bringing down the area under culture would certainly worsen the situation. Knowingly none of us can support this exploitation of natural resources in the name of development. Regards, Sivanand
On 3/5/08, ulprasanthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Courtesy: Rakesh > > Dear Friends, > > The Human Rights Forum invites you all for a Seminar on *Special > Economic > Zones* (SEZs) in Hyderabad on 9 March, 2008. > > Like in many other ways, Andhra Pradesh has the distinction of being > host to > the largest number of notified SEZ's in the country (53), out of the > 195 > SEZ's notified nationwide. With 70 formal approvals, it is second > only to > Maharashtra in the total number of SEZ's that have received formal > approvals. > > The Seminar is being organized in the context of huge tracts of lands > and > resources being inhumanly and forcefully acquired for the SEZ's at > various > places both in the State and nationally and police, firings, massive > arrests, detentions, lathi charge, assaults, rapes etc. being > employed to > curb resistance to State and corporate plunder of natural resources. > The > stories of violence and repression whether at Nandigram or more > nearer to > home at Kakinada or Satyavedu are not very different > > *Central to the Seminar are the twin demands to repeal the Special > Economic > Zones Act and to forthwith stop the exploitation of natural resources > in the > name of development. * > > Speakers for the Seminar include prominent activists and researchers > working > on the issue, besides, activists from various districts of Andhra > Pradesh > resisting the SEZ violations in their district. > > *Please find attached the Seminar Backgrounder and the Programme > Schedule. * > > *Programme Details:*** > > *Date: * 9 March, 2008 (Sunday) > > *Time:* 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. > > *Venue:* Sundarayya Vignana Kendram, Bagh Lingampally, Hyderabad > > In Solidarity, > > * * > > *Human Rights Forum * > > *Andhra Pradesh * > > -- > HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM > 3-12-117A/2/1,P.S.COLONY > Ramanthapur > Hyderabad-500 013 > Ph: 040-27039519 > > >
