Press Note: 400 + activists write to MoEF, MoTA & Odisha CM: Call for halt on expansion of Kulda Mines & Safeguarding Adivasi Rights
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*National Alliance of People's Movements **(NAPM)*
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*PRESS NOTE *
*Civil Society Organizations & Activists write to Central Govt & Odisha
CM: *
*Demand Halt to Kulda Mining Operations and Action to Uphold Adivasi Rights
& Environmental Norms*
*24th Feb, 2021: *National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), along
with the other undersigned civil society groups, movements, activists,
academics and concerned citizens came together to write to the Union
Environment Minister, Union Tribal Affairs Minister and the Chief Minister,
Odisha, calling upon them to immediately intervene and halt all mining
activities in the already heavily polluted Kulda Mines area, in the
Sundargarh district. They appealed to put a stop to the clearance process
for further expansion until all environmental compliances are in place and
withdraw pending charges against the villagers protesting the mining
expansion. *[The full text of the letter and list of signatories are below]*
The letter was written in the context of the arrest of 16 Adivasi activists
and leaders for protesting, along with 5,000 villagers, the recent
recommendation of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of MoEF & CC for a
further expansion of the Kulda Mines. The committee made the recommendation
despite severe opposition from the affected local Adivasi communities
living in 45 villages, many of them belonging to the Particularly
Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). Although those arrested were bailed out
after a few days, fellow activists convey concerns about physical assaults
by police, death threats and even false charges of ‘attempt to murder’
under Sec 307 IPC.
The letter to the authorities condemns the suppression of people’s voices
and the clear violation of rights and due process implicit in the EAC’s
recommendation to expand the mines, as this will further adversely impact
the health and livelihoods of the people and the environment in the
villages surrounding the mine.
*The authorities have been called upon to immediately:*
*1. **Withdraw all pending cases* against activists and leaders arrested
at the Kulda Mine protests, and end the state repression against villagers
protesting peacefully.
*2. **Stop all expansion plans for Kulda Mines* and do not undertake any
activity in violation of environmental and social-impact norms and without
due consent of the people of the region.
*3. **Halt all existing mining activities at Kulda* until compliance
with environmental and safety regulations is ensured; mitigation (of
pollution) requirements have been satisfied and fair compensation has been
disbursed to affected people for all previous losses.
*4. **Halt all coal and truck movement through the villages* and
community roads in the vicinity of the mine, for the remaining mining
contract. Develop and make use of coal corridors for transportation of
coal, and ensure that these do not impact communities and ecologically
sensitive and valuable landscapes.
*5. **Include local communities as equal partners and stakeholders in
decision making* about mining projects that affect their lives and
livelihoods, in Sundargarh, and the rest of Odisha.
National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
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Subject: Urgent: Letter from Civil Society Groups to MoEF, MoTA & Odisha
CM: Halt Kulda Mines expansion
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*24th February, 2021*
To,
*The Union Minister of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, *
Govt. of India,
New Delhi
*The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, *
Govt. of India,
New Delhi
*The Chief Minister of Odisha,*
CMO, Bhubaneswar
*Subject: Halt the Expansion of the Kulda Mines, Odisha; Safeguard the Land
and Livelihoods of Adivasis and Ensure Compliance with Environmental Norms.
*
Sirs,
*National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), along with the other
undersigned civil society groups, movements, activists, academics and
concerned citizens, strongly condemn the recent arrests of 16 Adivasi
activists and leaders who were part of the peaceful protests organized by
numerous villagers against the expansion of coal mining activities at Kulda
Mines in Sundargarh district of Odisha on 14th February. We urge you to
immediately halt all mining activities in the already heavily polluted
Kulda Mines area and stop to the clearance process for further expansion
until all environmental compliances are in place and withdraw pending
charges against the villagers protesting the mining expansion. *
While it is learnt that they are now out on bail, fellow activists also
convey concerns about physical assaults by police, death threats and even
false charges of ‘attempt to murder’ under Sec 307 IPC. Adivasi communities
and others, from 45 villages (9 panchayats) in the Hemagir block of
Sundargarh district, home to Khadiya, Oram, Gond and other communities,
have been staging continuous protests since the news of recent expansion
recommendation made by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of MoEF & CC on
19 January, 2021. Women and men, many of whom have come together as Jan
Shakti Vikas Parishad, have been gathering day and night to prevent the
coal trucks from passing through the villages, on their way to a thermal
power plant in Chhattisgarh. The peaceful protests involved more than 5,000
people over more than 3 weeks, starting in January.
In a bid to clamp down on people’s right to peaceful protest, the
administration imposed Sec. 144 in the entire area and soon began arresting
people as well. As in many other cases, the arrests are also a way to
silence concerns which have been raised since 2007, regarding the impact of
the mine on the local people, many of whom belong to particularly
vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs). Records show that 3000 trucks traverse
the 45 villages everyday, with the resulting pollution affecting schools,
hostels and anganwadis.
Illegal and unregulated coal transportation through the 45 villages of the
region has already had an adverse impact on agriculture and food security,
livestock, public health, drinking water, and children’s growth and
development. However, the villagers complain that these ground realities
are not acknowledged by the MoEF & CC and its agencies. The multiple deaths
of mine workers in the past years also reflect the poor working conditions
and the occupational risks the workers are exposed to.
The mines’ output limits were expanded this January by the EAC, despite
repeated community-led appeals to the Expert Committee about lack of
regulation of coal transportation and non-compliance with stipulated norms.
The transportation violations that Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, which owns
the Kulda mines, has been responsible for since the beginning of operations
in 2002, have been documented by the local community. Additionally,
environmental compliance requirements from previous expansion orders have
not been met, and while the majority of the company’s reporting contradicts
the stark realities on the ground and the testaments of the local people,
even the reports are compelled to admit shortcomings to mitigation efforts.
As per news reports, based on a complaint from the affected villagers
detailing the impact of pollution from the coal dust, the Odisha Human
Rights Commission (OHRC) also recently recommended that coal transporting
vehicles should not be allowed to ply until the district administration
reports on the action it has taken in the matter.
In spite of this, a striking rate of expansion of mining operations is
recommended. With the proposed expansion, further pollution of air, water,
and land due to fly ash and coal transportation is anticipated, which will
only exacerbate the ongoing, long-term impacts of the mines on the lives
and livelihoods of the people as well as the ecology.
The recommendation for expansion has been made possible due to an
ineffective and complicit EAC, relaxations to the Environmental Impact
Assessment process over the years, and the trend in environmental
clearances for coal mining in general over the past decade. The exemption
from mandatory public hearings for expansions of this scale has resulted in
exclusion from discussions and decision-making processes of the most
severely impacted communities, which are already socio-economically and
socio-culturally marginalized.
*In light of the grave violations over the years and increasingly over the
past few months, we strongly urge and demand:*
*1. **Withdraw all pending cases* against activists and leaders arrested
at the Kulda Mine protests, and end the state repression against villagers
protesting peacefully.
*2. **Stop all expansion plans for Kulda Mines* and do not undertake any
activity in violation of environmental and social-impact norms and without
due consent of the people of the region.
*3. **Halt all existing mining activities at Kulda* until compliance
with environmental and safety regulations is ensured; mitigation (of
pollution) requirements have been satisfied and fair compensation has been
disbursed to affected people for all previous losses.
*4. **Halt all coal and truck movement through the villages* and
community roads in the vicinity of the mine, for the remaining mining
contract. Develop and make use of coal corridors for transportation of
coal, and ensure that these do not impact communities and ecologically
sensitive and valuable landscapes.
*5. **Include local communities as equal partners and stakeholders in
decision making* about mining projects that affect their lives and
livelihoods, in Sundargarh, and the rest of Odisha.
We call upon the Government of India and the Govt. of Odisha to immediately
address all the aforesaid demands and uphold people’s rights and
environmental laws and regulations in the context of Kulda Mines as well as
similar regions in Odisha.
Thanking you,
*Full List of Signatories to the letter *
*Signatories, *
*Sr No*
*Name of Signatory*
*Organization/ Professional Affiliation*
*Village/Town/City*
*State*
1.
Chennaiah Poguri
NAWF
Chittoor
Andhra Pradesh
2.
Arun,VIRSAM
Kurnool
Kurnool
Andhra Pradesh
3.
XAVIER JOHN BOSCO
NEIGHBOURHOOD COMMUNITY NETWORK
VIJAYAWADA
Andhra Pradesh
4.
Deepsri
None
Vizag
Andhra Pradesh
5.
Balu Gadi
APVVU
Andhra Pradesh
6.
Bapji Juvvala
APVVU
Andhra Pradesh
7.
Chakri
Samalochana
Anakapalli
Andhra Pradesh
8.
Ramakrishnam Raju
United Forum for RTI and NAPM
Andhra Pradesh
9.
Jayasree Subramanian
Academician
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
10.
Doriyali Bora
Law student
Guwahati
Assam
11.
Mriganka Das
Fridays For Future India
Guwahati
Assam
12.
Shivani Goyal
Fridays For Future, Guwahati
Guwahati
Assam
13.
Sr Shwetha
individual
guwahati
Assam
14.
Badal Prasad
Individual
Silchar
Assam
15.
Indranee Dutta
AIFRTE
Guwahati
Assam
16.
Stamima Choudhury
Individual
Silchar
Assam
17.
Sabyasachi
Individual
Araria
Bihar
18.
Saumya Kumari
Student
Biharsharif
Bihar
19.
Jyotisha Kannamkal
Mashal
Patna
Bihar
20.
Manju K
Individual
Patna
Bihar
21.
Ashish Ranjan
Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan
Bihar
22.
Kamayani Swami
Jan Jagran Shakti Sangathan
Bihar
23.
Mahendra Yadav
Kosi Navnirman Manch
Bihar
24.
Prateek Singh
Climate Front India
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
25.
PRAVIN PATEL
FORUM FOR FAST JUSTICE
BILASPUR
Chhattisgarh
26.
Anushansa Kar
Freelancer
Manendragarh
Chhattisgarh
27.
Alok Shukla
Chattisgarsh Bachao Andolan
Chhattisgarh
28.
Gautam Bandopadhyay
Nadi Ghati Morcha
Chhattisgarh
29.
Kaladas Dahariya
RELAA
Chhattisgarh
30.
Shalini Gera
Lawyer
Chhattisgarh
31.
Lisa Pires
Individual
Nagoa, Bardez
Goa
32.
Abhijeet
Rainbow Warriors
Goa
33.
Caroline
Activist, Goa
Goa
34.
Diana Tavers
Activist, Goa
Goa
35.
Emil
Activist, Goa
Goa
36.
Eric Pinto
NAPM, Goa
Goa
37.
Francesca
Student and Researcher
Goa
38.
Tania Devaiah
Activist, Goa
Goa
39.
Amod Shah
Individual
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
40.
Anurag
Individual
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
41.
HIREN GANDHI
DARSHAN
AHMEDABAD
Gujarat
42.
Indira Hirway
Individual
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
43.
Prasad Chacko
Individual
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
44.
RAJESH GOSWAMI
AHMEDABAD
AHMEDABAD
Gujarat
45.
SAROOP DHRUV
DARSHAN
AHMEDABAD
Gujarat
46.
Yogi Jesalpua
Student
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
47.
Cedric Prakash
Human rights activist
AHMEDABAD INDIA
Gujarat
48.
Joseph Mattam
Catholic Church Anklav
Anklav, Anand Dt
Gujarat
49.
Amitkumar A Tadvi
Student
Fulvadi, Garudeshwar Taluka, NARMADA District, Gujarat, India
Gujarat
50.
REETHA ABRAHAM
UNAI
UNAI
Gujarat
51.
Rajkumar Solanki
Individual
Vadodara
Gujarat
52.
Rohit Prajapati
PUCL
Vadodara
Gujarat
53.
PASCAL NINAMA
INDIVIDUAL
ZAROLI
Gujarat
54.
Anand Mazgaonkar
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
Gujarat
55.
Bharat Jambucha
NAPM
Gujarat
56.
Dev Desai
Anhad
Gujarat
57.
Krishnakant
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
Gujarat
58.
Mudita
Lok Samiti
Gujarat
59.
Mujahid Nafees
Minority Co-ordination Commiteee
Gujarat
60.
Nita Mahadev
Lok Samiti
Gujarat
61.
Parth
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
Gujarat
62.
Ramesh Tadvi
NAPM
Gujarat
63.
Swati Desai
Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti
Gujarat
64.
Arun Agnihotri
Individual
Vadodara
Gujarat
65.
Reeti Chauhan
NIL
Vadodara
Gujarat
66.
Saloni
Student
Faridabad
Haryana
67.
Megha Consul
Individual
Gurgaon
Haryana
68.
Nayan
Climate Activist
Gurgaon
Haryana
69.
Neelam Ahluwalia
Founder Member, Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement
Gurgaon
Haryana
70.
Veena Padmanabhan
Individual
Gurgaon
Haryana
71.
Arun Kumar
Retired Professor JNU
Gurugram
Haryana
72.
Upamanyu Das
Individual
Gurugram
Haryana
73.
Veer Ojas
Student
Gurugram
Haryana
74.
Vidhi Gaur
Climate Front India
Rewari
Haryana
75.
J S Walia
NAPM
Haryana
76.
Ritika Dube
Independent consultant
Gurgaon
Haryana
77.
Stuti Jha
NIL
Gurugram
Haryana
78.
Zenith Chaudhary
educationist
Gurugram
Haryana
79.
Himshi Singh
Himdhara
Himachal Pradesh
80.
Manshi Asher
Himdhara
Himachal Pradesh
81.
Akhileshwar Gupta
Individual
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
82.
Ananya Salhotra
Climate front
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
83.
Gouri Padha
CFI
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
84.
Kamran nazz
Climate front india
Jammu
Jammu and Kashmir
85.
Areeba
Climate front kashmir
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
86.
Rizwan
Climate Front Jammu
Jammu
Jammu ans Kashmir
87.
Ashish Birulee
Individual
Jadugoda
Jharkhand
88.
Basanti Lakra
Teacher
Jamshedpur
Jharkhand
89.
Prem Verma
Jharkhand Nagrik Prayas
Ranchi
Jharkhand
90.
Afzal Anish
NAPM
Jharkhand
91.
Aloka Kujur
Adivasi Adhikar Manch and NAPM
Jharkhand
92.
Ashok Verma
NAPM
Jharkhand
93.
Basant Hetamsaria
NAPM
Jharkhand
94.
Dayamani Barla
Aadivasi-Moolnivasi Astivtva Raksha Samiti
Jharkhand
95.
Dr. Leo A. Singh
NAPM
Jharkhand
96.
Durga Nayak
NAPM
Jharkhand
97.
Jipal Murmu
NAPM
Jharkhand
98.
Priti Ranjan Dash
NAPM
Jharkhand
99.
Sushma Biruli
NAPM
Jharkhand
100.
Julia
Social worker
Ranchi
Jharkhand
101.
Anna
Individual
Bangalore
Karnataka
102.
Anuradha Pati
Independent
BANGALORE
Karnataka
103.
Brinda Adige
Bangalore
Bangalore
Karnataka
104.
Farnaaz
Individual
Bangalore
Karnataka
105.
Gayathri Subramanian
Individual
Bangalore
Karnataka
106.
Jagdish Parmar
individual
Bangalore
Karnataka
107.
Krupa Hebbar
Individual
Bangalore
Karnataka
108.
Nayana
MG
Bangalore
Karnataka
109.
Sudha N
Individual
Bangalore
Karnataka
110.
Varsha
None
Bangalore
Karnataka
111.
Rukmini VP
Garment Labour Union (GLU)
Bangalore
Karnataka
112.
K.P. Sasi, Film Maker
Bangaloru, Individual, Film Maker
Bangaloru
Karnataka
113.
Rekha R
Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Karnataka
114.
Nitha
Individual
Karnataka
Karnataka
115.
Vidya Dinker
INSAF
Mangalore
Karnataka
116.
Harsha K C
Student
Udupi
Karnataka
117.
Celia
Domestic Workers' Union
Karnataka
118.
Dwiji Guru
NAPM
Karnataka
119.
Madhu Bhushan
Feminist Activist
Karnataka
120.
Maj Gen (Retd) SG Vombatkere
NAPM
Karnataka
121.
Mamatha Yajaman
Social Activist
Karnataka
122.
Nalini Gowda
KRRS
Karnataka
123.
Nawaz
NAPM
Karnataka
124.
Shashank
NAPM
Karnataka
125.
Susheela
NAPM
Karnataka
126.
Algin Thomas
Climate Front India
Bangalore
Karnataka
127.
Samrddhi
Student
Bangalore
Karnataka
128.
Sujatha
None
Kodagu
Karnataka
129.
Manasi Elise Tomy
TISS, Tuljapur
Calicut
Kerala
130.
Susan
individual
Ernakulam
Kerala
131.
Shreya S
Individual
Kochi
Kerala
132.
Navaneeth Sini George
Student
Kollam
Kerala
133.
CR Neelakandan
NAPM
Kerala
134.
Magline
Teeradesa Vanidha Veedi
Kerala
135.
Majeendran
NFF
Kerala
136.
Prof. Kusumam Joseph
NAPM
Kerala
137.
Sharath Cheloor
Dynamic Action and NAPM
Kerala
138.
Vijayaraghavan Cheliya
Lohia Viachara Veedhi
Kerala
139.
Vilayodi Venugopal
Plachimada Struggle
Kerala
140.
Asha Suresh
Student
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
Kerala
141.
Bisma wahif
Climate front india
Leh
Ladakh
142.
Ramani Ranjan Sethi
Bhopal
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
143.
SHARAD BEHAR
FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY , I.A.S. Rtd
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
144.
Vidwansh Sharma
Individual
Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh
145.
Archit Agrawal
Student
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
146.
Ritik Khandelwal
NIL
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
147.
Siddharth Dixit
NIL
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
148.
Aruna Rodrigues
Individual
MHOW CANTT. MP
Madhya Pradesh
149.
Dr. Sunilam
Kisan Sangharsh Samiti
Madhya Pradesh
150.
Medha Patkar
Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) (NAPM)
Madhya Pradesh
151.
Rajkumar Sinha
Chutka Parmaanu Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti
Madhya Pradesh
152.
Mudita Dubey
NIL
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
153.
Siddharth Ranjan
Save Dumna campaign
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
154.
Kharbe Ruqaiya
CleanCampaign
Bhiwandi
Maharashtra
155.
Anand velayudhan
Individual
Mimbai
Maharashtra
156.
Chayanika Shah
Forum Against Oppression of Women
Mumbai
Maharashtra
157.
Duriya Ranijiwala
College
Mumbai
Maharashtra
158.
Geeta Seshu
Journalist
Mumbai
Maharashtra
159.
Mini Mathew
Advocate
Mumbai
Maharashtra
160.
Mohini
Administrator
Mumbai
Maharashtra
161.
Priti Turakhia
Individual
mumbai
Maharashtra
162.
Rajni
Homemaker
Mumbai
Maharashtra
163.
Sachin Jacob
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
164.
Shewli Kumar
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Mumbai
Maharashtra
165.
Tapasya Natekar
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
166.
TERENCE FERNANDES
Individual
MUMBAI
Maharashtra
167.
Kay Nair
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
168.
Sagar kambli
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
169.
Sonal acharya
Self employed
Mumbai
Maharashtra
170.
Anupam Verma
NMEPS
Navi Mumbai
Maharashtra
171.
Yash Agrawal
Individual
Navi Mumbai
Maharashtra
172.
Adv. Philo Thomas
Women's Welfare Centre
PUNE
Maharashtra
173.
Archis SV
Pune
Pune
Maharashtra
174.
Krishna Kakani
Student
Pune
Maharashtra
175.
Renuka Srinivasan
None
Pune
Maharashtra
176.
Rosamma Thomas
Pune
Pune
Maharashtra
177.
Savita
Individual
Pune
Maharashtra
178.
Vaibhav Kamble
Private job
Pune
Maharashtra
179.
roopashri sinha
health researcher
Thane
Maharashtra
180.
Swatija मनोरमा
इंडिव्हिडुल
Thane
Maharashtra
181.
Geeta gonsalves
social worker
Uttan - Pali
Maharashtra
182.
Pawankumar Bharat Gadhave
Vadgaon bk., Pune
Vadgaon bk., Pune
Maharashtra
183.
Disha shinde
Student
Vasai
Maharashtra
184.
Bilal Khan
Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan
Mumbai
Maharashtra
185.
Chetan Salve
Narmada Bachao Andolan
Dhadgaon
Maharashtra
186.
Geetanjali Chavan
Activist
Nashik
Maharashtra
187.
Jameela
Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan
Mumbai
Maharashtra
188.
Mukta Srivastava
Sarvahara Jan Andolan
Thane
Maharashtra
189.
Pervin Jehangir
Social Activist
Mumbai
Maharashtra
190.
Prasad Bagwe
Social Activist
Pune
Maharashtra
191.
Sanjay MG
Social Activist & NAPM
Thane
Maharashtra
192.
Suhas Kolhekar
Jan Swasthya Abhiyan
Pune
Maharashtra
193.
Suniti SR
Social Activist, NAPM
Pune
Maharashtra
194.
Yuvraj Gatkal
Sarvodayi Activist & NAPM
Maharashtra
195.
Nitesh Balani
Individual
Kalyan
Maharashtra
196.
Rahul Balani
Individual
Kalyan
Maharashtra
197.
Sahil Balani
Individual
Kalyan
Maharashtra
198.
Ammu Abraham
FAOW & PUCL
Mumbai
Maharashtra
199.
Deeksha agarwal
Nil
Mumbai
Maharashtra
200.
Kailash Anerao
Nil
Mumbai
Maharashtra
201.
Mer Ekeko
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
202.
Sonika bhasin
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
203.
Emeli Ghosh
Homemaker
Mumbai
Maharashtra
204.
Muzzammil Hamidani
Individual
Mumbai
Maharashtra
205.
Padma Velaskar
Professor (retd) Tiss
Mumbai
Maharashtra
206.
Sinjini Ghosh
St.Stephen's College, Delhi
Mumbai
Maharashtra
207.
Subhankar Ghosh
Mahyco Seeds Ltd.
Mumbai
Maharashtra
208.
Aruna Burte
Individual
Pune
Maharashtra
209.
Gauri Gandhi
Pune
Pune
Maharashtra
210.
Dilip Hota
Individual
Pune
Maharastra
211.
Ruwndar David Boyes
Environmental Conservationist
Chandel
Manipur
212.
Prema Misquith
Bethany
Mamit
Mizoram
213.
Annie
Citizen
Delhi
New Delhi
214.
Anubhuti Sharma
Teacher
Delhi
New Delhi
215.
Arun Saji
St.Stephen's College
Delhi
New Delhi
216.
Benz MJ
Student of Social Work
Delhi
New Delhi
217.
Darsh
Individual
Delhi
New Delhi
218.
Madhu Bhaduri
Individual
Delhi
New Delhi
219.
Mehak Takkar
Delhi
Delhi
New Delhi
220.
Ritu Bhardwaj
Individual
Delhi
New Delhi
221.
Shomik
CLIMATE FRONT INDIA
Delhi
New Delhi
222.
Gerti
Citizen
Delhi
New Delhi
223.
Himanshi
Individual
Delhi
New Delhi
224.
ABDUL MABOOD
SNEHI
NEW DELHI
New Delhi
225.
Amit Bhaduri
Former emeritus professor ,JNU
New Delhi
New Delhi
226.
Anil Chaudhary
INSAF
New Delhi
New Delhi
227.
Ayushi jain
Individual
New delhi
New delhi
228.
K CHOUDHARY
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
229.
Lobsang Phuntso
NEW DELHI
NEW DELHI
New Delhi
230.
Mayur Gupta
Student
New delhi
New Delhi
231.
sakshi upadhyay
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
232.
Saswati Swetlena
Mineral Inheritors Rights Association
New Delhi
New Delhi
233.
Sreedhar Ramamurthi
Individual
New Delhi
New Delhi
234.
Srijani Datta
Individual
New Delhi
New Delhi
235.
Vinod kumar
Student
New Delhi
New Delhi
236.
Vrinda Bajaj
Swechha
New Delhi
New Delhi
237.
Yogesh Kumar
Individual
New Delhi
New Delhi
238.
Kumkum Roy
Individual
New Delhi
New Delhi
239.
Lavanya Gupta
CFI
New Delhi
New Delhi
240.
Sania Rehmani
Individual
New Delhi
New Delhi
241.
Avdesh Tomar
North west delhi
North west delhi
New Delhi
242.
Amrita Johri
Satark Nagrik Sangathan
New Delhi
243.
Anil TV
Delhi Solidarity Group
New Delhi
244.
Anita Kapoor
Delhi Shahri Mahila Kaamgaar Union
New Delhi
245.
Anjali Bharadwaj
Satark Nagrik Sangathan
New Delhi
246.
Aryaman Jain
Delhi Solidarity Group
New Delhi
247.
Bhupender Singh Rawat
Jan Sangharsh Vahini
New Delhi
248.
Divyansh Khurana
Delhi Solidarity Group
New Delhi
249.
Evita Das
Delhi Solidarity Group
New Delhi
250.
Madhuresh Kumar
NAPM
New Delhi
251.
MJ Vijayan
PIPFPD
New Delhi
252.
Nanhu Prasad
National Cyclist Union
New Delhi
253.
Priya Pillai
Environmental Activist
New Delhi
254.
Rajendra Ravi
NAPM
New Delhi
255.
Sanjeev Kumar
Dalit Adivasi Shakti Adhikar Manch & NAPM
New Delhi
256.
Sunita Rani
National Domestic Workers' Union
New Delhi
257.
Banikanta Mishra
Professor
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
258.
Prafulla Samantara
Lok Shakti Abhiyan
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
259.
Rajaraman
Independent Journalist
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
260.
Nicholas Barla
Indigenous Peoples Forum Odisha
Sambalpur
Odisha
261.
Anant
NAPM
Odisha
262.
Arun Jena
NAPM
Odisha
263.
Balakrishna Sand
NAPM
Odisha
264.
Kalyan Anand
NAPM
Odisha
265.
Lakshimipriya Mohanty
NAPM
Odisha
266.
Lingaraj Pradhan
Odisha
267.
Lingraj Azad
Samajwadi Jan Parishad & Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti,
Odisha
268.
Manorama
Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti
Odisha
269.
Manas Patnaik
NAPM
Odisha
270.
Sharanya Nayak
Activist, Koraput
Odisha
271.
Satya Banchor
NAPM
Odisha
272.
Trilochan Punji
NAPM
Odisha
273.
Pravat kumar Sahoo
Individual
Daspalla
Odisha
274.
Sonali Pradhan
Student
Cuttack
Orissa
275.
Probir Banerjee
Individual
Pondicherry
Puducherry
276.
Guruwant Singh
NAPM
Punjab
277.
Nabinder Singh
NAPM
Punjab
278.
LOKENDRA SINGH DEORA
Individual
Abu Road
Rajasthan
279.
Samar Trehan
N/L
Jaipur
Rajasthan
280.
Khushi vyas
ICAI
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
281.
Mansha Mathur
NIL
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
282.
Nitesh Chouhan
Climate Front India
Jodhpur
Rajasthan
283.
Akash
Engineer
Udaipur
Rajasthan
284.
Aruna Roy
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), National Campaign for People’s Right
to Information (NCPRI)
Rajasthan
285.
Kailash Meena
NAPM
Rajasthan
286.
Kavita Srivastava
People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL)
Rajasthan
287.
Nikhil Dey
MKSS & NCPRI
Rajasthan
288.
Shankar Singh
MKSS & NCPRI
Rajasthan
289.
Preksha Jain
NIL
Ajmer
Rajasthan
290.
Yashika
STUDENT
Jaipur
Rajasthan
291.
GANESH ARAVINTH
College, and a climate activist
Chengalpet
Tamil Nadu
292.
Elizabeth P Varsha
Student
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
293.
Kaamya
Student
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
294.
Om Prakash Singh
Individual
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
295.
Riya N.
Individual
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
296.
Yuvan Aves
Writer, Naturalist, Educator
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
297.
Rishi
Individual
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
298.
Ragunath
Individual
Erode
Tamil Nadu
299.
LASAR . S
Retired
KATTUR, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI 620019
Tamil Nadu
300.
Gabriele Dietrich
Penn Urimay Iyakkam and NAPM
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
301.
Henri Tiphagne
People's Watch
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
302.
Naveen
Student
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
303.
Arul Doss
NAPM
Tamil Nadu
304.
Geetha Ramakrishnan
Unorganised Sector Workers Federation
Tamil Nadu
305.
Inamul Hasan
Khudai Khidmadgar and NAPM
Tamil Nadu
306.
Lenin
NAPM
Tamil Nadu
307.
Suthanthiran
Bhavani River Protection Committee, NAPM
Tamil Nadu
308.
Vikash
NAPM
Tamil Nadu
309.
Aisha Farooqui
Retired Academic
Hyderabad
Telangana
310.
Ashalatha S
MAKAAM
Hyderabad
Telangana
311.
Ch. Narendra
Senior Journalist
Hyderabad
Telangana
312.
dr lubna sarwath
socialist party(india)
hyderabad
Telangana
313.
Gaurav Kurva
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
314.
Girija
Social activist
Hyderabad
Telangana
315.
K.Ravi Chander
Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Telangana
316.
Kaneez Fathima
Civil Rights activist
Hyderabad
Telangana
317.
Meera Sanghamitra
National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM))
Hyderabad
Telangana
318.
Naveen
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
319.
Ramaraju
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
320.
Rukmini Rao
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
321.
Sangeeta
MyRighttoBreathe
Hyderabad
Telangana
322.
Seethalakshmi
Independent Researcher & Activist
Hyderabad
Telangana
323.
Sreecharan Gullapalli
Independent data science researcher
Hyderabad
Telangana
324.
Teja KS
Environmental Activist
Hyderabad
Telangana
325.
Vedansh Reddy
Student
Hyderabad
Telangana
326.
Yashaswini kollur
Student
Hyderabad
Telangana
327.
Rama Melkote
Prof retd Osmania University
Hyderabaf
Telangana
328.
LISSY JOSEPH
TELANGANA DOMESTIC WORKERS UNION
HYDERBAD
Telangana
329.
Akhileshwari Ramagoud
Academic and independent journalist
Secunderabad
Telangana
330.
Sajaya K
Ind. Journalist
హైద్రాబా
Telangana
331.
Jeevan Kumar
Human Rights Forum
Telangana
332.
Kondal
Rythu Swarajya Vedika
Telangana
333.
Krishna
Telangana Vidyavantula Vedika-TVV
Telangana
334.
M. Venkatayya
Telangana Vyavasaya Vruttidarula Union-TVVU
Telangana
335.
P Shankar
Dalit Bahujan Front
Telangana
336.
Ravi Kanneganti
Rythu JAC
Telangana
337.
Syed Bilal
Human Rights Forum
Telangana
338.
Vissa Kiran Kumar
Rythu Swarajya Vedika
Telangana
339.
Amar Prasad
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
340.
Anupama Potluri
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
341.
AVS Krishna Chaitanya
Software Engineer
Hyderabad
Telangana
342.
Mandakini
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
343.
Ramya Anandini
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
344.
Sarada
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
345.
Venkatesh
Individual
Hyderabad
Telangana
346.
Varsha Bhargavi
WhereAreTheWomen Collective
Thummalapalli, Vikarabad
Telangana
347.
Meenali Mittal
edX UT.6.02x
Aligarh
Uttar Pradesh
348.
Gargi
Individual
Gorakhpur
Uttar Pradesh
349.
Nairita Guha
CFI
Greater Noida West
Uttar Pradesh
350.
Mishka Goel
Student
Noida
Uttar Pradesh
351.
priyal naik
Climate Front India
noida
Uttar Pradesh
352.
Tanisha Gulati
Climate Front India
Noida
Uttar Pradesh
353.
Vani
Climate front india
Noida
Uttar pradesh
354.
Nimit Jain
Student
Noida
Uttar Pradesh
355.
Astha Gupta
Student
Town
Uttar Pradesh
356.
Akshay
Individual
U.P.
Uttar Pradesh
357.
Altamas Ansari
Inquilabi Kamgaar Union, Mau
Uttar Pradesh
358.
Arundhati Dhuru
NAPM, UP
Uttar Pradesh
359.
Arvind Murti
Inquilabi Kamgaar Union, Mau
Uttar Pradesh
360.
Jagriti Rahi
Vision Sansthan, Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
361.
Masihuddin
Rihai Manch, Lucknow & Azamgadh
Uttar Pradesh
362.
Nakul Singh Sawney
Chal Chitra Abhiyan, Muzaffarnagar
Uttar Pradesh
363.
Rajeev Yadav
Rihai Manch, Lucknow & Azamgadh
Uttar Pradesh
364.
Rambeti
Sangatin Kisaan Mazdoor Sangathan, Sitapur
Uttar Pradesh
365.
Richa Singh
Sangatin Kisaan Mazdoor Sangathan, Sitapur
Uttar Pradesh
366.
Sandeep Pandey
Socialist Party of India
Uttar Pradesh
367.
Satish Singh
Sarvodayi Vikas Samiti, Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
368.
Suresh Rathaur
MNREGA Mazdoor Union, Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh
369.
Zainab Khatun
Activist, Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
370.
Arya joshi
Student
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
371.
Rakesh Agrawal
Individual
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
372.
Shagun Mamgain
Climate Front India
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
373.
Shivani
Graduation Student at Delhi University
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
374.
Ridhima Pandey
Climate activist
Haridwar
Uttarakhand
375.
Kushagra Sen
Student
Rishikesh
Uttarakhand
376.
Jabar Singh
NAPM
Uttarakhand
377.
Uma
NAPM
Uttarakhand
378.
Vimalbhai
Matu Jan Sangathan
Uttarakhand
379.
Pushpam
Youth for Climate India
Dehradun
Uttarakhand
380.
AMITADYUTI KUMAR
APDR
Calcutta
West Bengal
381.
Dorothy Ashmita Biswas
CEEW
Kolkata
West Bengal
382.
M
Individual
Kolkata
West Bengal
383.
Nisha Biswas
Individual
Kolkata
West Bengal
384.
Prabir KC
Doctor
Kolkata
West Bengal
385.
Selma Nalloor
Belonging to Holy Cross Congregation
Siliguri, Darjeeling Dt.
West Bengal
386.
Amitava Mitra
Transport Workers Union
West Bengal
387.
Asit Roy
Writer
West Bengal
388.
Ayesha Khatun
NAPM
West Bengal
389.
Baiwajit Basa
NAPM
West Bengal
390.
Binayak Sen
Activist, PUCL
West Bengal
391.
Biswajit Basak
NAPM
West Bengal
392.
Kazi Md Sherig
Activist, NAPM
West Bengal
393.
Matiur Rahman
NAPM
West Bengal
394.
Milan Sad
NAPM
West Bengal
395.
Mita Bhatta
NAPM
West Bengal
396.
Pabitra Mandal
Shundorban Jan Shramjeebi Moncha
West Bengal
397.
Pasarul Alam
Transferred Area Sujatopur Organization
West Bengal
398.
Pradip Chatterjee
NPSSFW
West Bengal
399.
Rupak Mukherjee
NAPM
West Bengal
400.
Samar Bagchi
NAPM
West Bengal
401.
Sujato Bhadro
APDR
West Bengal
402.
Tahomina Mandal
Domestic Workers Union
West Bengal
403.
Tapas Das
Nodi Bachao, Jeeban Bachao
West Bengal
404.
Yasin
NAPM
West Bengal
405.
Claire Lindsay
Individual
Squamish
British Columbia
406.
Revel
Youth for climate lille
Lille
France
407.
Erika Buntrock
individual
Berlin
Germany
408.
Arshia Abedini
Professor
Qazvin
Iran
409.
Elizabeth
Social worker
Beira
Mozambique
410.
Dalena Tran
ICTA-UAB
Barcelona
Spain
411.
Hans Magnusson
Dalit Solidarity Network-Sweden
Stockholm
Sweden
412.
Devinder Chander
UK
Birmingham
UK
413.
Ashish Tyagi
Na
Haridwar
UK
414.
R.Manohar
Human Rights Defenders Alert
Bangalore
US
415.
Amrin Fathima
Erunakulam
Erunakulam
US
416.
S Joe
Student
Irvine
US
417.
Shromona Mandal
Student Labor Action Movement
New York
US
418.
Teresa Kotturan
New York
New York
US
419.
Ms. Norvell L. Bullock
Simply ...
Northeast Harbor
US
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100 Days of Rage and Resistance! 248 Lives Lost !
NAPM Salutes and Extends Solidarity to Historic Farmers’ Movement
Repeal the Three Farm Laws Immediately! Resist Company-Raj!
6th March, 2021: The historic and globally recognized farmers’ movement, which entered into an electrifying phase with the ‘Delhi Chalo’ Call on 26th Nov, completes 100 days today. The movement continues to challenge the notorious ‘Three Farm Acts’ that would herald unprecedented levels of corporate control over agriculture, nullifying the mandi system, diminishing the significance of the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) and opening up the possibility of alienation of farmlands to big corporations. Landowning farmers, marginal farmers and agricultural workers, in particular women across all categories, stand to lose by these laws. In addition, this will lead to a general increase of dominance of big corporates such as the Adanis and Ambanis over rural governance and agriculture, enhancing the already existing “Company Raj”.
For more than 7 months, the entire nation witnessed farmers across the country on the streets, raising their voice against these laws that would permanently jeopardize their already precarious situation and also eventually disband the public distribution system (PDS). Diverse sections of civil society and concerned citizens extended support at many places. The farmers and farm workers of Punjab, a state which not only thrives on agriculture but also one that has a long history of farmer unionism have been leading since Day 1.
Under the leadership of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, consisting of over five hundred farmers’ organizations across the country, along with the All India Kisan Sangharsh Co-ordination Committee (AIKSCC), the farmers arrived at the borders of Delhi in late November, with thousands of tractors from Punjab. They staged historic sit-ins at Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur throughout the cold winter months. The farmers have also staged roadblocks and rail blockades, peacefully and democratically to communicate their points to the largely unresponsive government and the middle-class power holders in India’s cities.
However, the Govt., continuing its anti-people and authoritarian approach, refused to listen to the farmers who complained that they were never consulted in the process of enactment of these laws, despite being the primary stakeholders. The Govt, its right-wing affiliates and lapdog media houses made multiple attempts to vilify the farmers’ movement, spread fake narratives, clamp down on the protest, inflict injury, undertake arrests etc. The Centre even imposed a de facto economic and transportation blockage of Punjab. However, none of these modes of repression worked in the face of the tremendous resistance of the farming-toiling class.
With their increased participation and leadership, the women farmers and elderly farmers also gave a befitting reply to the disparaging and misogynist comments by that CJI, asking why they were ‘kept’ in the protest. The central role played by women farmers in keeping the movement alive at the borders of Delhi, in the villages of Punjab and elsewhere is awe-inspiring.
Over the months, the movement snowballed across the length and breadth of the country, intensifying the demand for a complete repeal of the three Farm Acts and the Electricity Bill, calling for a legally guaranteed MSP for all crops, for slashing of diesel prices and the implementation of the Swaminathan Committee Report (in particular C2+50). The government’s refusal to accept the farmers’ demands, despite repeated meetings, eventually strengthened the struggle and over the last two months, the movement took wings throughout Western Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Rajasthan. Multiple maha-panchayats and rallies have been convened, in which lakhs of people participated, with the inspiring presence of women in some of them. Today, the protestors have blocked major roads leading to Delhi and resolved to continue their struggle till the demands are met.
As we extend our solidarity, we deeply appreciate the historic achievements of the movement so far. Within Punjab, it has been able to galvanize the non-farming sections and create a region-wide political churning against centralized pro-corporate Hindutva rule. The movement has brought back the “farmer” at the heart of the political discourse, as a category of people pitted against corporate rule. This is an important achievement in times when we stand in real danger of Hindutva-corporate rule being normalized.
Unsurprisingly, and significantly, such a political process has promised to heal the religious polarization in Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had engineered through communal riots in 2013, from which it had reaped massive electoral benefits. The Govt was also forced to enter into multiple rounds of consultations with the farm unions, although it was never sincere in its commitment to understand and address the core issues. The pressure from the movement made the Govt announce shelving of the Electricity Amendment Bill and the Ordinance to ‘Check Air Quality Deterioration in NCR’, which sought to impose heavy fines on the farmers. Even the Supreme Court had to take cognizance of the protests and stayed away from interfering with the farmers’ right to agitate peacefully.
Recently, the movement has been able to enlist the support of several non-BJP political parties and the central trade unions – by extending solidarity to the latter’s stance against the Labour Codes – and joined the No Vote to BJP Campaign that has been going on in election-bound Bengal. In other words, the farmers’ movement has moved towards building a cross section social movement and weaved alliances with social movements, trade unions and political parties, in order to throw up a potent political opposition to the BJP’s anti-federal, Hindutva/corporate rule.
NAPM salutes all the farmers of the country and in particular those camping at Delhi for 100 days, braving the biting cold and the cold-hearted government. We respectfully remember each of the 248 farmers whose lives were lost in the past few months, only because of this callous regime. We firmly believe that it is high time the entire nation stood resolutely by the farmers who are fighting a crucial battle for the present and the future generations.
In solidarity,
National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
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Marking International Women’s Day and Savitri Bai Phule’s Death Anniversary
Week of Resistance and Reflections
7th - 14th March, 2021
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
(Join us in learning, remembering and amplifying feminist struggles together)
· the many Shaheenbaghs and the historic Farmers’ Movement;
· frontline workers across sectors struggling in the midst of the pandemic;
· resisting caste atrocities and sexual violence, be it in Hathras, Unnao or elsewhere;
· tackling head on the misogyny of political leaders and judges at all levels;
· resisting police violence to halt acquisition and alienation of adivasi lands / forests in Melauli (Goa), Hasdeo or Bastar (Chhattisgarh), Pathalgadi (Jharkhand) etc;
· students protesting the privatization of education, the curbing of dissent in higher education institutions and the moral policing of hostels;
· trans* persons and sex workers demanding recognition of agency, dignity of person and labour, as well as rights and reservations;
· defiant women and students incarcerated for their political work, yet standing strong;
We remain united in the face of numerous such assaults.
During the week of 7th to 14th March, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) is committed to amplifying the voices of people speaking from the intersections of diverse identities and social locations, through on-ground participation in joint events co-organized with different groups, as well as online conversations, reflections and remembering, framed around a specific theme every day. We see this as part of an ongoing process of engaging with each other’s struggles, while also acknowledging that there is no singular path to social justice, and that the journey will have to continue, until all struggles for the rights of marginalized and oppressed communities find justice.
· 8th March: Livelihoods and labour rights (including agrarian & unorganized sectors)
· 9th March: Displacements and disasters (housing, land and forests) in urban and rural contexts
· 10th March: Social and ecological justice
· 11th March: Agency, choice, gender, sexuality, patriarchal violence.
· 12th March: Militarization, anti-minority and communal violence and peace
· 13th March: Criminal justice system, state repression and access to justice.
· 14th March: Education, health, food and social security
Contribute by sending feminist materials around the themes above. Please make sure to include:
· Details, pamphlets, documents, images and video clips of your recent struggle / work or events.
· Short Videos of grassroots activists speaking from specific positions of marginalization as well as from the range of their political work. (2 mins max)
· Movement/ struggle related art, poetry, music / songs.
· Reflections on and anecdotes from your work.
· Posters, graphics and other such creatives.
Please e-mail all your materials to napms...@gmail.com or send them over whatsapp to 7618835699 as soon as possible or latest by 10th March (8 pm). Additionally, you can also tag us with these materials at our social media links on the scheduled date of each theme.
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Do follow https://napmindia.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/ for updates.
In solidarity,
National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)
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