Stop the opression of the Adivasis - India's Indigenous people
- by: eSutras Organics
- recipient: Home Minister of India
Poignant and tragic is the real life story of the 'Adivasis' (literal meaning first inhhabitants) of Indias jungles. For decades violated by the Indian government and business these innocents now pay with their blood for defending India's forests! Can we allow this to continue? Should the forests of India run red with the blood of these gentle people?
The displacememt and constant torture of the Adivasi / Indigenous peoples, happens in the name of large dams,hydro-power plants, wild life sanctuary, mining and industiries and other projects. India is on the move as a nation slated to overtake China in 2 decades as the richest nation - is this path to be paved with blood ?
"About 60,000 adivasis were moved into to the camps. 3,50,000 were chased out of their homes or had to flee.Two years ago, faced with the prospect of starvation, four young men from Samalwar village entered the Essar compound to pick scrap iron. The CRPF fired at all four. Two fell dead instantly, and the other two, despite being shot in the legs, managed to escape....Because it's the journalists and fact-finding missions who come from outside that tend to write openly about things, the police routinely obstruct their movements."
Not just journalists, human rights activists too have been silenced...
Here is the link to the full story:
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=93297
more here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chhattisgarh-net/message/16263
The displacememt and constant torture of the Adivasi / Indigenous peoples, happens in the name of large dams,hydro-power plants, wild life sanctuary, mining and industiries and other projects. India is on the move as a nation slated to overtake China in 2 decades as the richest nation - is this path to be paved with blood ?
"About 60,000 adivasis were moved into to the camps. 3,50,000 were chased out of their homes or had to flee.Two years ago, faced with the prospect of starvation, four young men from Samalwar village entered the Essar compound to pick scrap iron. The CRPF fired at all four. Two fell dead instantly, and the other two, despite being shot in the legs, managed to escape....Because it's the journalists and fact-finding missions who come from outside that tend to write openly about things, the police routinely obstruct their movements."
Not just journalists, human rights activists too have been silenced...
Here is the link to the full story:
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/story.php?id=93297
more here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chhattisgarh-net/message/16263
We the undersigned believe that India while on the move to becoming a first world nation - should not have this path be paved with blood. It is time that you step in to stop police and military forces to terrorize the simple, peaceful and fun loving Adivasi men and women.
- It is time to stop displacing the Adivasi the name of large dams,hydro- power plants, wild life sanctuary, mining and industiries and other projects.
- Implement the Forest Rights Act 2006 immediately and protect Community
Forests and stop ecological pollution.
- Conduct the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes Census 2011 in an organized manner. Resettle the 644 evacuated villages in Bastar.
- Scrap immediately the proposed revision of Land Acquisition Act in the
Parliament.
- In the priority list of the National Agriculture Policy 2002, implement at
priority basis the scheme of water supply, drinking water, irrigation, energy
generation, agriculture and non-agriculture based industries, water transport.
- Stop installing more than one line of power grid in any Panchayat.
- Stop the violent attacks on the public like in Raigarh by the goons of the
Multi-National Companies (MNCs).
We thank you for taking heed of the plight of these indigenous people to make India an even more exemplary in her quest to be the first nation of the world.
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