Fwd: ACTION Alert: Call or Fax Odisha officials to stop violence against the people and destroying their farms

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From: Somu Kumar <somukumar@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 7:11 AM
Subject: ACTION Alert: Call or Fax Odisha officials to stop violence against the people and destroying their farms
To: reachindia <ReachIndia@lists.aidindia.org>

Please forward widely!

Dear Friends,

Recent development in Dhinkia and Gobindpur areas in Odisha is extremely disturbing. The armed intimidation and threat of violence displayed by the Odisha police in an effort to acquire land for South Korean Steel company POSCO in Jagatsinghpur is a shame on our democracy.  Thousands of residents of Dhinkia and Gobindpur, including several hundred children, have been peacefully lying on the ground in the searing heat to protect their homes, lands and livelihoods as the police continues to destroy the betel vines. We have seen similar incidents in Singur and Nandigram before which ended up taking lives of several innocent farmers, small land-owners and landless laborers dependent on the local farms for their livelihood. This is an instance of institutional corruption against the people.

We have to act immediately to stop the imminent violence and lend our support to peaceful protest by residents Dhinkia and Gobindpur. Please do all [or at least one of the below action].

1. Call the following people and ask them to withdraw the police force immediately:

1. Sonia Gandhi: (91)11-23014161, (91)11-23012656

2. Naveen Patnaik: (91)674-2531100, (91)674-2531500  

3. Superintendent of Police, Debadutta Singh. (91)94370-94678

4. Jagdish Tytler, Odisha congress party in-charge, (91)9811044164 [come out against the land acquisition forcefully].

Also, email: soniagandhi@sansad.nic.in, cmo@ori.nic.in, manmohan@sansad.in, dmjsp@ori.nic.in, tytler@sansad.nic.in

2. Send SMS to SP & Collector to stop using force against people. (91)94370-94678 & (91)94370-38401. Sample: "Don't use force or violence against residents Dhinkia and Gobindpur. There are women and children in the area and we are extremely concerned for everyone's safety".

3. Sign the petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/posco/petition.html

4. Send a fax: Sonia Gandhi: (91)1123018651, Odisha CM: (91)6742535100, Governor: (91)6742536582, Collector: (91)6724220299 or reply to me with your signature [name and city/country] and I will send a fax in your name.

Please act immediately and show your solidarity with the people's movement.

In Solidairty,

AID Volunteers

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Committee Reports

Iron and Steal: The Posco-India Story

Meena Gupta Committee Report

Ashish Kothari Committee Report

News Reports

IBN Live, 10 June 2011.  "POSCO:  Orissa government sends forces to acquire land"

Business Standard, 3 June 2011.  Anti-Posco Brigade forms Human Barricade to Stall Posco Land Acquisition
The Hindu, 21 October 2010.  "POSCO paid for study on POSCO"

Video Reports

Newsxlive Video 11 June 2011.  "POSCO Agitation intensifies, 2000 villagers blockade police"

NDTV Video  11 June 2011. "Posco Agitation Intensifies, Women and Kids at Forefront."

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