Fwd: Next hearing of PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL AGAINST DOW on April 19, Saturday
अभिजित Abhijit
The next hearing of the People's tribunal set up by the KICK OUT DOW
SAVE PUNE MOVEMENT is going to take place this Saturday. Do join us
for this wonderful program.
Next hearing of PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL against DOW R&D Centre
to take place this Saturday.
Date: April 19, Saturday
Time: 4 pm to 8 pm.
Venue: Shramik Building, near Dengle Bridge, Near Corporation Bus
Stand, Pune.
The KICK OUT DOW, SAVE PUNE MOVEMENT is organising the next hearing of
the PEOPLE'S TRIBUNAL to hear the charges against the proposal to set
up Dow's Research and Development Centre at Shinde Vasuli village next
to Chakan near Pune, on Saturday, April 19, 2008. The tribunal will be
presided over by Justice H. Suresh and Justice G. G. Loney, both
retired judges of the Mumbai High Court.
Notices to appear before the tribunal and defend the proposal to set
up the Dow Research Centre have been issued on behalf of the tribunal
to Dow Chemical, and notice has also been served on the Government of
Maharashtra through the District Collector of Pune, the Maharashtra
Pollution Control Board, and the Maharashtra Industrial Development
Council (MIDC), to defend the permission granted to the Dow R&D
centre. They have been invited to present their side of the case
before the People's tribunal.
It may be remembered that at the previous hearing, the People's
tribunal had heard people from the village and activists of Kick Out
Dow Save Pune Movement, and had concluded that the facts placed before
the Tribunal were satisfactory enough to issue show cause notices to
Dow Chemical and Govt of Maharashtra on :
1. Whether Dow Chemical can be permitted to do research for unknown
products given the history of the company?
2. Whether the permission given by the environmental authorities and
Govt of Maharashtra for setting up the R&D centre is proper and
justified?
3. Was it proper to set up this Dow R&D centre at Shinde and Vasuli
villages without the permission of the gram panchayat of the two
villages?
Advocate Sunil Dighe and Advocate Sunil Prabhu will represent KICK OUT
DOW SAVE PUNE MOVEMENT before the tribunal.
All are invited to witness the proceedings.
In solidarity,
Neeraj Jain / Alka Joshi
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Neeraj Jain
D-705, Springfields Society,
Kothrud, Pune - 411 038
Ph. 94222 20311