[Reader-list] Open Letter to Haryana CM on Forced Land Acquisition for Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant, Fatehabad

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*Bhupinder Singh Hooda,
Chief Minister, Haryana
Chandigarh*



Jan 16, 2012



*Sub:  (Forced Land Acquisition for **Gorakhpur** Nuclear Power Plant,
Fatehabad)***

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Dear Mr. Chief Minister,



It was with gravest concern and misgivings that We heard of Section 9 of
the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, being issued in Fatehabad, Haryana, to
forcibly acquire land for the proposed Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant
Project. This action by the Harayana State Govt. is completely unacceptable
on the following two counts:



 Farmers of Gorakhpur and nearby villages have been sitting in continuous
opposition to the proposed nuclear power plant from August 2010. They are
fighting for their right to life, livelihood and to safeguarding their
fertile and irrigated, three-crop land, all of which will be severely
threatened if the project were passed. The fact that a community is in such
a long drawn and strong opposition to this project, is of crucial concern
and cannot be ignored arbitrarily or repressed in democracy.



Further, a new Land Acquisition Bill draft is being considered currently by
the standing committee in the Parliament.  It would thus be presumptuous
and premature of the Haryana State Govt. to push through forceful land
acquisition, using the old act, before the parliament has an opportunity to
pass the new Act.



I request you to immediately withdraw the land acquisition notice for the
project, and as the head of your State, initiate dialogue with the
protestors so that you may address their concerns without resorting to a
draconian use of an ancient and unreasonable act.



(cc to Shri Manmohan Singh Prime Minister of India)



Sincerely,







Dr. Arati Chokshi                                 General Secretary PUCL
Karnataka



Major General (RTD) S.G. Vombatkere                       NAPM,
Karnataka



Puskar Raj                                           Gen. Sec. PUCL



Admiral, L. Ramdas (Former Chief of Navy Staff) CNDP



Lalita Ramdas                           CNDP



Kamayani Bali Mahabal                        Human Rights Activist Mumbai



Sukla Sen                                             Ekta Mumbai



Santan V Chakarabarty                        Disha, Calcutta



P.K. Sundaram                         Research Scholar JNU



Asit Das                                               POSCO Pratirodh
Solidarity, Delhi



Vijay Pratap                                         Socialist Front



Tanushree Gangopadhyay                     Ahmedabad



Ajit Jha                                                 Samajwadi Jan
Parishad



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