Joint Statement In Solidarity With Anti-Posco Struggle Odisha
By Concerned Citizens
07 November, 2011
Countercurrents.org
News reports say that the Orissa government is once again planning an
assault on the proposed POSCO project area. Apparently at least 14
platoons of police will attempt to attack the coastal side of the
villages. This comes after the people of Dhinkia and
Gobindpur heroically resisted police attacks for more than two months
in the heat of summer, drawing the attention of the entire country. It
also comes in the wake of a grossly illegal clearance to the project
from the Environment Ministry, in direct violation of the Forest Rights
Act, despite two of the Ministry's own enquiry committees finding that
the grant of clearance would be a crime. Moreover, the Centre itself
now claims that projects of this kind will be subject, under its
proposed new law, to the consent of 80% of the local community.
Despite all this, the Orissa government is relaunching its criminal
offensive, and the Centre as usual is doing nothing to stop it or to
uphold the law. The sheer absurdity and injustice of the upcoming
attack is further shown by the fact that, for more than a year, POSCO
and the Orissa government have not even been able to renew their MoU on
the project. When there is no agreement on what the project should be,
what is the need to attack people and grab their land?
We condemn the imminent criminal attack on the peaceful people of the
POSCO project area. We stand with them in their struggle agianst this
destructive, unjust and illegal project.
Justice Rajinder Sachar
Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity Delhi
Ajit Jha Samajwadi Jan Parishad
Subhas Gatade New socialist Initiative
Dr. Arati Choksi General Secretary PUCL Karnataka
Dr. Sunilam Kisan Sanghrash Samity, M.P.
Kiran Shaheen Media Action Group Delhi
Vijay Pratap Socialist Front, Delhi
Mamta Dash POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity, Delhi
Subrat Sahu POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity, Delhi
Asit Das POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity, Delhi
Meher Engineer Ex Director, Bose Institute, Kolkata
Bhanumati Gochhait POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity, Delhi
Shiraz Prabhu Kastakari Sanghathana, Maharashtra
Shankar Gopal Krishnan Campaign for survival and dignity
Sudha Reddy Social Activist Bangalore
Prakash Kumar Ray Editor Bargad.org
P.K. Sundaram Editor dianuke.org
Peeyush Pant Editor Lok Samvad
Kavita Krishnan C.C Member, CPIML, Liberation
Vinod Raina Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samity
Kamayani Bali Mahabal Human Rights Activist, Mumbai
Ranjana Padhi Forum against Sexual Exploitation and State Repression
Sachidanand Mishra Independent Film Maker, Delhi
Laxman Singh Research Scholar, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi
Subhashini Shriya Krantikari Navjawan Sabha, Delhi
Kanchi Kohli Kalpavriksh, Delhi
Pushpa Achanta Writer, Bangalore
Vivek Sundara Human Rights Activist, Mumbai
Shah Alam Independent Film Maker, Delhi
Nayan Jyoti Krantikari Navjawan Sabha, Delhi
Amit Chakrabarty Research Scholar, JNU
Mohd. Usman Researcher Scholar, JNU
Rashid Ali Independent Film Maker, Delhi
Shree Prakash Journalist, Indore
Madhu Sarin CSD, Chandigarh
Dr. Abhay Shukla Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Pune
Preeti Sampat Activist, Research, Delhi
Anuradha Talwar Paschim Barga Khet Majdoor Samity, West Bengal
Maj. General (rtd) Sudhir Vombatkare, Mysore
Arya Thomas Research Scholar, JNU
Anand Krisnaraj Research Scholar, JNU
Shruti Research Scholar, JNU
Uma Chandru Regional Coordinator, WSS, Karnataka
Saraswati Kavula NAPM, Andhra Pradesh
Praveen Research Scholar, Delhi University
Gabriete Dietrich NAPM
Prof. Arun Kumar Prof. Centre for Economic and Social Planning, JNU
Ulka Mahajan Sarvahara Jan Andolan Planning, JNU
Kabir Khan Youth Climate Network
Chanda Asani
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Shukla Sen Ekta Mumbai
Himanshu Kumar Vanvasi Chetna Ashram
Praful Bidwai Writer, Journalist, Delhi
Pushkar Raj Gen. Sec., PUCL, Delhi
Ashok Choudhury NFFPFW
Gautam Bandopadhyaya NFFPFW
Roma NFFPFW
Munilal NFFPFW
Shanta Bhattacharya NFFPFW
Shashank Yadav Research Scholar, JNU
Swathi Equations, Bangalore
Rohit Prajapati Paryavaran Suraksha Samity, Gujarat
Swati Desai Paryavaran Suraksha Samity, Gujarat
Rajni Dave Paryavaran Suraksha Samity, Gujarat
Piyoli Swatija Vidyarthi Yuvajan Sabha
Dhirendra Panda Social Activist, Bhubaneswar
Rakesh Ranjan SRCC, Delhi University
Biswajit Mohanty Teacher, Delhi University
Ravi Hemadri Development and Jusitce Initiative
Humane Koraput, Odisha
Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik NCAS, Pune
Students For Resistance Delhi
Babu ICRA, Bangalore
Maya Velecha Jan Andolan, Surat, Gujarat
Gowru Chinappa Andhra Pradesh
Amit Slathia Artist, Delhi
Prof. Kamal Nayan Kabra Economist, Delhi
Prof. Vir Bharat Talwar Prof. Centre for Indian Languages, JNU
Daneil Mazgaonkar Sarvodaya Activist, Mumbai
S. Seshan Tamilnadu
Sunanda Sanyal
Bhuwan Pathak Himalay Swaraj Abhiyan, Uttarakhand
Ranjeet Kumar Thakur Journalist, Uttarakhand
Rita Kumari Pravasi Nagrik Munch, Delhi
Pratyush Chandra Radical Notes, Delhi
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Rajvir Power Kisan Maha Panchayat
Deba Prasad Roy Chowdhury General Secretary, APDR, West Bengal
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