[Reader-list] POSCO ALERT: IMMEDIATELY CALL ORISSA CHIEF MINISTER
SURYA
dash.suryashankar at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 20:07:21 IST 2007
Dear friends,
Independent Media has confirmed the attack on the peacful demonstration of
the Anti-POSCO people. At least five bombs were hurled and people were
beaten up. The camp has been burnt. As per reports received this happened at
around 5:30 PM today evening when approximately 500 armed persons carrying
bombs and other lethal weapon launched an attack on the peaceful
demonstration on the Balitutha bridge. The demonstrators included women and
children. They burst bombs, beat up the demonstrators and burned the camp of
the demonstrators. The number of casualties is not known. We have also been
told that this is inspite of the fact that after the request of all leaders
of mass movements the Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti lifted its blockade on
Balitutha bridge unilaterally. Today 15 members of the gang supporting Raju
Baba came and told the leaders that simply lifting the blockade will not do.
They warned them to lift the camp and the community kitchen. The leaders
declined to do so as they were only holding a demonstration and not blocking
the road.
The possibility of such an attack and the preparation for the same had been
conveyed to all concerned including the district administration and the
media. However unlike the media in West Bengal which provided objective and
courageous coverage of Nandigram, the so called "neutral" role played by
Orissa's media has only strengthened criminals and anti-people elements
which are using force to try to destroy a peaceful, non-violent movement.
The goons for this attack have been outsourced from Kendrapara area, famous
for its mafias and gangs and obviously there are sponsors of this violence
against local people. The political opposition has kept quiet as usual. An
insensitive, corporate friendly bureaucracy does not bother about any thing
else other than the MOUs signed with the companies. The ruling elites and
leading intellectuals are busy attending dance festivals and cultural,
events sponsored by Vedanta types. As in Nandigram, the state and the
corporate sector has outsourced violence to private armies.
As requested below, please take up the matter with the State Government.
Please forward the appeal on all networks. Update on the breaking situation
will follow as we get more details.
Regards
Nachiketa
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Kanchi Kohli <kanchikohli at gmail.com>
*To:* 'Kanchi Kohli' <kanchikohli at gmail.com>
*Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:51 PM
*Subject:* POSCO ALERT: IMMEDIATELY CALL ORISSA CHIEF MINISTER
*BOMB BLASTS IN POSCO AREA, CAMPS DESTROYED, PEOPLE INJURED*
* *
Dear friends,
As per information received from Orissa, the conflict in the POSCO project
area has really worsened. As per reports there have been 5-6 bomb blasts in
the area, the camps where people were staying have been destroyed and
anti-POSCO have been forced to flee from the area. There is still no
information on how many people have been injured or how bad the situation is
in the area. It is reported that most of the pro-POSCO people are from
outside the affected areas or goons.
Please immediately call the Chief Minister and Governor to put an immediate
halt to this conflict situation. Also please try and contact as many Members
of Parliament (MPs) you are in touch with to call the Chief Minister and the
Governor.
The numbers are mentioned in the email below.
In solidarity
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*From:* nityanand jayaraman [mailto:nity68 at gmail.com]
*Sent:* Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:37 PM
*To:* Kanchi Kohli; Vijayan MJ; manju menon; pb kms
*Subject:* Act Immediately: Attack on anti-Posco has begun
Very urgent. 5 bombs hurled on anti-POSCO agitators.
Please have MPs and other bigwigs call the Governor of Orissa and Chief
Minister of Orissa.
Murlidhar Chandrakan Bhandare, GOvernor
Off: 0674 2400056, 2410550. Fax: 2404695
Private Secretary: 2401002
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister
Off: 0674 2531100, 2535100
Secretary: 0674 2590299, 2591099
See below.
ciao, nity
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From: *Delhi Forum* <delhiforum at gmail.com>
Date: Nov 28, 2007 8:44 PM
Subject: URGENT: Forestall another Nandigram!Situation in Jagatsinghpur
Tense| Attacks on Anti- POSCO Agitators
To:
*URGENT APPEAL!!!*
* *
*Forestall another Nandigram! *
* *
*Situation in Jagatsinghpur Tense as State Backed Goons Mount Attacks on
Anti- POSCO Agitators *
* *
*Write urgently to CM, Governor and PMO to take action to stop planned
Nandigram type violence against the people who are protesting against the
POSCO plant (fax number given below) *
Dear friends
A strong people's resistance has been going on in the parts of Jagatsinghpur
district of Orissa against acquisition of their land for a steel plant and
captive port proposed in the area since July 2005, a month after the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) regarding the project was signed between
the Government of Orissa and Pohang Steel Company Limited (POSCO). Despite
the strong local resistance, government seems hell bent on expediting the
implementation of the project. The situation became very volatile in April
this year when several platoons of Orissa Military Police were deployed in
the area five days before the mandatory environmental clearance public
hearing on 15 th April 2007. The protests in the three affected Gram
Panchayats have become stronger especially after PM Manmohan Singh's
statement on April 19th asking the Orissa government to expedite the land
acquisition process.
*The State is desperate to start the POSCO project work by April 2008.
Failing to break the anti-POSCO movement through money, bribery and threat,
POSCO and Government of Orissa have taken a clue from Nandigram and are
trying to create a situation of violence, which then will become a pretext
to send in the police. They have realized by now that they can't use state
force directly. Thus local mafia and criminals are being armed to initiate
action against the ant-POSCO people. Through such interventions they are
trying to create a situation for entry of police /para military force to
support the local goons. *
* *
*The current situation on the ground is extremely tense. On 25 th November
2007, armed supporters of pro-POSCO local MLA and ex-minister Damodar Rout
(BJD) launched an attack on the procession of villagers opposing the POSCO
project in Jagatsinghpur. The procession was passing by the Mahaveer Peetha
at Nuagan on their way to Nolia Sahi to reconstruct a check which Rout's men
had smashed on 23rd November. Latest reports suggest that an attack is being
planned on the road blockade by anti-POSCO agitators and there is every
possibility of a confrontation at any moment. *
On 21st November, a group of employees of the Hyderabad based Dharitri
Company attempted a PUJA to start the dredging work of river Jatadhari
claiming that it was a contract job of the oil refinery in Paradeep. The
agitating villagers who have been fooled by such groups many a times in the
past refused to believe them and requested the employees to honorably leave
the place. But, the chief of the local Mahaveer Peetha (a place owned by
fundamentalist Hindu groups) who was supposed to perform the Puja and who is
also known as a person controlling a few musclemen in the area and a close
associate of ruling party MLA Mr.Rout, entered into a verbal duel with the
agitators which ultimately resulted in a conflict causing injuries to a few
people from both sides. Taking a procession of his followers on
23rdNovember he broke the check gate constructed by the protesting
villagers to
prevent the entry of POSCO officials, police and administration.
The agitating villagers decided to reconstruct the gate. They convened a
meeting at Balitutha to discuss the new threats to their movement from the
religious head with organized muscle power who has been engaged by POSCO and
Rout with the active support of the administration. At 2 pm a procession of
anti-POSCO villagers marched towards Nolia Sahi to repair the check gate.
This procession was attacked Mahaveer Peetha by an armed gang under the
leadership of Raju baba. Two leaders of the anti- POSCO agitation were
critically injured and shifted to SCB medical college hospital while 6 more
have been admitted in to the local hospital at Balitutha.
The movement has shown admirable restraint and has been trying to defuse the
situation. The movement leadership however apprehends that once this attack
is launched, the armed police will also move in and a repeat of Nandigram
may take place. With hundreds of anti-POSCO youth and children having formed
"Self-sacrifice brigade", we are extremely apprehensive about the outcomes
of this deliberate provocation being planned by POSCO and State Government.
*We therefore request you to urgently:*
*1. Write to the Governor and Chief Minister of Orissa to ask
them to take action to stop planned Nandigram type violence against the
people who are protesting against the POSCO plant and their displacement in
Jagatsinghpur. *
*2. Write to the Prime Minister whose office is taking extra
interest in mobilizing all administrative support for the project *
* *
*The Fax Nos. are: *
Naveen Patnaik, chief minister, Orissa - Fax 0674-2535100,
Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, Governor, Orissa- Fax: 0674-2536582
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister - Fax: 011-23019545 / 011-23016857.
* *
In Solidarity
Mamata Dash, Subrat Sahu, Vijayan MJ and Sridevi Panikkar
On behalf of Delhi Solidarity Group
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