Fwd: “Narmada, Our Lifeline : Can’t be Deadline” - Massive gathering on July 31st 2019 (Narmada Bachao Andolan)
Jai Sen
Thursday, July 18, 2019
India in movement…, Narmada in movement…
[And in the Narmada Valley in India, the struggle continues, as it has done over the past thirty-four years… and longer :
“Narmada, Our Lifeline : Can’t be Deadline”
Massive gathering on July 31st 2019, in Badwani, Madhya Pradesh
Narmada Bachao Andolan
In solidarity !
JS
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Begin forwarded message:From: Narmada Bachao Andolan <nba.b...@gmail.com>Subject: Narmada Valley will pledge against forcible submergence!!Date: July 15, 2019 at 8:44:27 AM EDTTo: undisclosed-recipients:;Reply-To: NAPM-Ind...@googlegroups.com
Narmada Valley will pledge against forcible submergence
“Narmada, Our Lifeline: Can’t be deadline”
Massive gathering on July 31st, 2019: Badwani, Madhya Pradesh
After 34 years of persistent & perseverant struggle for right to life & to save Narmada & all rivers in India, the farmers to fish workers in the Valley can’t rest even today. The new challenge posed by the Gujrat with the support from the Central authorities is that of the threat to fill the Sardar Sarovar reservoir upto 138.68 meters in this very monsoon is an absolutely illegal proposal since there are atleast 30000 families still residing in the submergence area & their fate can’t be sealed. They can’t be ousted out of their land & communities when Resettlement & Rehabilitation is yet to be completed. There are thousands awaiting the already accepted status & provisions towards justice. The farmers who are yet to be allotted land or paid Supreme Court package of 2018.
The status of the Project having spent Rs.64000+ crores & yet the neither is M.P & Maharashtra assured & received the due benefit of power nor are the drought affected & other farmers or even the dam affected have given the priorities allocation of water; over industrial use! All this & downstream impacts are seriously questioned by the 10lakh population there residing below the dam site upto the estuary.
The conflict raised before the Gujrat & the Centre as well as the dialogue with us is initiated the Kamalnath government is no doubt a welcome. The state of M.P can’t & should not bear all losses for the demanding & pressurizing industries in Gujrat. This will be against the Narmada: our lifeline itself.
We, therefore are to gather in large number on July 31st which was seen as a deadline, in 2017 yet will be declared as a Lifeline!
We invite the representatives of people affected by various developments, projects in the Narmada & elsewhere to be heard by People’s Panel & bring out a report….
Come one & all with hundreds of others as supporters & saviors!
We invite you to Let’s pledge – for rivers, water, nature!
Let us Pledge for the truth – not violence nor Destruction!
DO CONFIRM your participation with details of who & how many…And send us your itinerary too…This is time we need you the most!!! We will make arrangements for a few…
You have to reach Badwani, via Indore, Khandwa, Dhule or Baroda…from where you will take a bus or cab.
Awaiting reply yours Forever,
M: (+91) 9589662666
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Jai Sen
Independent researcher, editor
Now based in New Delhi, India (+91-98189 11325) and in Ottawa, Canada, on unceded Anishinaabe territory (+1-613-282 2900)
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Jai Sen, ed, 2018a – The Movements of Movements, Part 2 : Rethinking Our Dance. Ebook and hard copy available at PM Press
Jai Sen, ed, 2018b – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ?, Indian edition. New Delhi : AuthorsUpfront, in collaboration with OpenWord and PM Press. Hard copy available at MOM1AmazonIN, MOM1Flipkart, and MOM1AUpFront
Jai Sen, ed, 2017 – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ?. New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press. Ebook and hard copy available at PM Press
Jai Sen, ed, 2016a – The Movements of Movements, Part 1 : What Makes Us Move ? and Jai Sen, ed, 2016b – The Movements of Movements, Part 2 : Rethinking Our Dance (both then forthcoming from New Delhi : OpenWord and Oakland, CA : PM Press), open access ADVANCE PREFINAL ONLINE MOVEMENT EDITIONS @ www.cacim.net
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