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Fwd: [initiative-india] UPDATE on NBA 25 years Programme (Oct 22-23) and NAPM's 8th Biennial Convention in Narmada Valley (Oct 24-26)



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Date: Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Subject: UPDATE on NBA 25 years Programme (Oct 22-23) and NAPM's 8th Biennial Convention in Narmada Valley (Oct 24-26)
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25 Years of Struggle and Reconstruction in Narmada valley : 22 (Dhadgaon, Maharashtra) - 23 October (Badwani, Madhya Pradesh)

8th Biennial Convention of National Alliance of People's Movements :

October 24-26, Badwani, Madhya Pradesh

Dear Saathis,

We are thankful to many of you who have written back to us and are planning to join us for these two important occasions in our struggle. We hope you are also planning to come and be with us at this historic moment. The people's movement in Narmada has traversed a long journey over the past two and a half decades through various phases of struggle and dialogue, facing repression and undertaking legal action and also proposing and promoting reconstructive work. As a concerned supporter, you have been a close and continued witness to the many turns and twists in this peaceful struggle asserting by the nature-based communities, the right to life and livelihood as also the right to true and sustainable development, with dignity.

Through its persistent struggle from the streets to the Courts, people have exposed the fake claims of rehabilitation, with rampant corruption and utter non-compliance of environmental and other laws. As per officials estimates itself, the project costs have far outweighed the claimed benefits, with just 10% of the benefits attained and 10 times increase in costs, necessitating a serious and comprehensive review into the entire project and justifying Reports by Expert Committees that all project work must be halted, until full compliance is ensured. Close to three decades after it began, Sardar Sarovar today stands as financially unviable, environmentally destructive and socially damaging Project and has just remained a Monument of Mismanagement for Gujarat and the nation and a Monument of Injustice for the people of the valley, as is the case with many other Projects implemented across the country.

NAPM, since its emergence in early 90s continues to build an alliance for the larger struggles of the people and come up with national programmes to challenge the destructive development paradigm and evolve a comprehensive ideology. We do hope you all will be able to join our 8th Biennial Convention too on October 24-26th in Badwani. In case you have not received the invitation yet then please find it attached and also an update as mentioned below.

Brief Description of Events in Narmada valley:

Narmada Events: (22nd and 23rd Oct): The programmes in Narmada are to take place in Dhadgaon (Maharashtra) on the 22nd and in Badwani (Madhya Pradesh) on the 23rd amidst mass rallies and public meetings. A huge rally of thousands of adivasis would take place at Dhadgaon, led by B.D Sharmaji, Swami Agnivesh, Ramaswamy Iyer, Madhu Badhuri, Adv. Sanjay Parikh, Meher Engineer, Mansoor Khan, Ramdas Bhatkal, Sujato Bhadro, Roma, Dayamani Barla, Gautam Ghose, and many others, joined in by the adivasis of Maharashtra and adivasi leaders from various states, to be followed by a large Public Meeting.

We shall then go up to the river bank where a boat rally of not less than 20 boats shall pass through the river and you will be shown the submergence-affected adivasi villages like Anjanwara and Bhitada (M.P.) from the boat itself, by taking the boat to the river bank. 22nd night is a Kojagiri Poonam Divas (full moon night) and you will certainly find the visit memorable.

We will night-halt at one hilly adivasi village (Bhadal in M.P.) for a brief meeting and dinner, rest and start early next morning (23rd) to the river ghat Koteshwar by boat and reach the Nimad villages where there would be a welcome in many villages to be followed by a large rally and public gathering of thousands of people and felicitation of movements.

(Those who may not prefer boat travel may come upto Koteshwar by boat on the 22nd late night, and halt there and join the other groups on the 23rd morning).

NAPM Convention (24th to 26th Oct): The events in Narmada shall be followed by the 8th Biennial Convention of the National Alliance of People's Movements in Badwani from the 24th to the 26th where representatives from people's struggles coming from various states are to participate, after state conventions having been concluded in many states. The Convention's theme is 'Towards, Peace, Justice and Democracy', and we hope to look at and work in the direction of the addressing various socio-political and economic challenges facing the country and beyond.

Draft Programme for the Convention

Sunday, October 24 2010

11:00 – 1:00 pm : Reflections on the Theme 'Towards, Peace, Justice and Democracy'

2:00 – 4:00 pm : State and Sectoral Reports

4:00 – 5:00 pm : Updates on Struggles Across the Country

5:00 – 6:00 pm : Discussing Alliance Building Process Today

7:00 – onwards : Cultural Programmes / Film Screening

Monday, October 25 2010

9:00 – 11:00 am Thematic Sessions (Proposed Themes)

  • Theme One : World of Work and Workers

  • Theme Two : Land Struggles and Forests

  • Theme Three : Dams, Displacement and Development

  • Theme Four : Energy Policy

  • Theme Five : Education and Development

  • Theme Six : Dalit Issues and Politics Today

  • Theme Seven : Urban Development and Poor - Rebuilding Sustainable Cities

  • Theme Eight : Communalism Beyond Ayodhya

[The sessions are subject to availability of resource persons and new proposals which might be received by then.]

11:00 — 3:00 pm : Programme / Action Strategies

3:00 - 6:00 pm : Organizational Issues

  • Membership and related, expansion, state-wise offices, volunteers etc.

  • Elections of Conveners

In addition to the parallel sessions we are also planning to invite some of the practitioners of art, crafts and alternative ways of doing things to hold workshops for those who are interested in them.

Tuesday, October 26 2010

9:00 – 11:00 am : Discussing Future Campaigns for each State

11:00 – 1 :00 pm : Resolutions and Declarations

2:00 – 5:00 pm : Conveners Team Meeting

AN APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTION

We have always depended on the generosity of our supporters in raising resources for our programmes and once again we appeal to you to kindly contribute towards meeting the expenses of both the programmes as per your capacity. We value every small contribution you make to our collective cause.

W
e do hope you will be able to join us at this important moment in our struggle. Please feel free to write to us for any further information or assistance. nba.badwani@gmail.com | napmindia@napm-india.org or call us at 9179148973 | 9818905316.

Zindabaad !
NBA and NAPM Team

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