Democracy at stake!
About 10,000 GAS pipeline accidents happened in last 20 years! Now the same can happen in our backyard! What can we do?
Atrocities in TamilNadu have reached a new high.
Tiruppur is under threat to face yet another Bhopal GAS tragedy.
It’s a
known fact that farmers were facing severe drought situation; we were blaming our
neighboring states for the crisis and farmers suicides,
After huge struggle some farmers managed to hold their crops,
But what if
our own state government is doing it? Where would the poor farmers go?
Houses
were demolished; farm lands and crops ready for cultivation were razed, huge
number of coconut trees were uprooted,
Farmers
were not opposing this project; poor farmers were just begging GAIL to consider
an alternate route instead of razing their livelihood.
Oh! No! it
was not a cyclone.
350 police
personals were deployed in nearby villages of Tiruppur district, innocent
villagers, senior citizens, women and children were thrashed by police, some
people were locked inside their own houses till late night, some were thrown
out of their own villages, anyone who helps them were arrested immediately,
wherever you go, you could only hear people crying for help, media was not
allowed to the spot.
No it was
not during emergency! Or during Srilankan war.
THESE
ATROCITIES HAPPENED YESTERDAY (9-Feb-2013) AT OUR VERY OWN DOLLAR CITY!
For what?
GAIL GAS pipeline is being laid to facilitate supply of LNG to Bangalore
industries from Cochin.
The work
was stopped for the past six months due to protest by farmers, who demanded an
alternative route without affecting the agricultural lands. But lack of
support from public has given the government free hand to take the law in its
own hand, in spite of high court direction to state govt to not start
work without consent of farmers.
Why do
farmers protest? Unlike other land acquisitions here GAIL will not buy the land
instead they will pay 2500 rupees (250 rs per cent) as compensation for a land worth of 1
Crore. NOT JUST THAT THE LAND
OWNERS SHOULD ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE PIPELINE; IN CASE OF ANY ACCIDENTS, THE LAND OWNERS
WILL BE ARRESTED ON NON-BAILABLE WARRANT. The punishment for
negligence is not less than life term.
Say if a
farmer has 2 acres of land which is worth 2 Crore he will be paid only 5000
rupees, he should not dig wells, should not plant any trees, can’t build house,
no constructions, only tomatoes can be cultivated, and the list keeps growing…
In a
nutshell the farmers don’t own their lands anymore; they will not be allowed to do cultivation; they are just security guards
without salary for the pipes laid in their land.
The pipeline not just runs through farm land but also through houses and schools.
The pipeline not just runs through farm land but also through houses and schools.
Why GAIL
is not ready to consider the alternate route of NH47? It’s expensive; they need
to fight with big companies like L&T to get the permission and GAIL needs
to compensate them with the repair works, of course they won’t accept 2500
rupees as compensation.
Now after
huge protest in Cochin and Karnataka GAIL has agreed to lay the pipeline
through the roads, in Bangalore its marked through the outer ring road.
This was possible only when common people came forward to support their farmers. They value them.
BUT IN TN, WHO CARES ANYWAY, IT’S NOT OUR PROBLEM!
WHAT WE DON’T UNDERSTAND IS, THIS IS NOT JUST FARMERS ISSUE; ANY ACCIDENTS WOULD DESTROY THE NEARBY PLACES IN HOURS!
Recent accidents of GAIL in India will say the rest.
Recent accidents of GAIL in India will say the rest.
About 10,000 GAS pipeline accidents happened in last 20 years! Now the same can happen in our backyard! What can we do?
