[133] in peace2
TONIGHT! Meat-talk and river vigil
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aimee L Smith)
Tue Mar 14 00:41:50 2000
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 00:41:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Aimee L Smith <alsmith@photonics.mit.edu>
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Hi Everyone,
I recommend we try to meet the vigil on the steps of
77 Mass. Ave after the Lyman talk (which we are co-sponsors of)
and ask folks to up-date us on the particulars...
just to remind: Lyman, 7:00pm 26-100
"Why a 4th generation Cattle rancher became vegan"
See you then!
Aimee
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From: Vinay Kumar - matching athena account <vkumar@ai.mit.edu>
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Please forward this message to other interested people. Thanks!
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| Observe International River Action Day |
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The Boston Friends of the Narmada Coalition invites you to participate
in a candlelight vigil and film screening on March 14th,
International River Action Day, to express solidarity with the people
of the Narmada Valley in their struggle.
Tuesday, March 14, 2000
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Film screening and information session
Room 2-105, MIT
77 Massachusetts Avenue
We will begin with the screening of a documentary on the Narmada
Valley titled "Kaise Jeebo Re" [How are We to Live] by Jharana
Jhaveri. This film will be followed by a Q and A session with people
who have visited the valley and participated in the struggle.
8:30pm - 9:00pm
Candlelight Vigil
The procession will begin from the steps of 77 Mass Ave (entrance to
MIT) onto the Harvard Bridge overlooking the Charles River. (Candles
will be provided.)
For more information, contact mora_o@hotmail.com or visit
http://www.narmada.org
This event is an opportunity to express your solidarity with thousands
of people in the Narmada valley, in central India, who are
non-violently protesting a disastrous project threatening their
livelihood and the surrounding ecosystem without acceptable
compensation, rehabilitation or restoration.
As of 29th February this year, the Supreme Court of India has started
the final hearings and "disposal" of the petition on Sardar Sarovar
Project, a mega dam project in central India. This project, if allowed
to continue will displace hundreds of thousands of people currently
living in the Narmada Valley without providing them with just
rehabilitation and compensation. These people form the backbone of
"Narmada Bachao Andolan" (NBA, Save the Narmada) peoples movement, a
source of inspiration for peoples movements in India and
worldwide. For the past 15 years, this movement has been raising
fundamental questions about development, cost-benefit analyses,
rehabilitation for the oustees, and alternatives to large dams. This
is not just about dam construction; it is about environment, social
justice, democracy, people's rights, and the right to knowledge.
Attend and express your voice for true democracy...
A Brief History of the Save the Narmada Movement
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The Narmada River Valley Project is a mega-dam project which involves
the construction of 30 large, 135 medium and 3000 small dams across
the Narmada river which flows westward through the states of Madhya
Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, before reaching the Arabian
Sea. The Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), the largest dam in this project
currently stands at 88m and is planned to reach a height of 136.5m
(455 ft). The World Bank was the initial funding source for the $450
million project. Meanwhile, resistance to the project mounted from
people in the Narmada Valley. The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA or Save
the Narmada Movement) raised fundamental questions about development,
cost-benefit analyses, rehabilitation for the oustees, and
alternatives to large dams. The resulting large-scale protests in
India and the US forced the World Bank to institute the Bradford Morse
committee to conduct an independent review of the project and a
subsequent pullout by the Bank. Construction resumed last year after
the ban on construction by the Supreme Court was lifted, despite the
fact that there is no land available for rehabilitation and
resettlement of the dam oustees or is of very poor quality. Besides
the disastrous social impacts, the environmental and economic aspects
have not been taken into account properly.
Water for life, not for death!
Friends of the Narmada www.narmada.org
--
Vinay P. Kumar
E25-221, CBCL
MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142
Tel: (617) 253 6382
email: vkumar@ai.mit.edu
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