[Reader-list] (Forced Land Acquisition for Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant, Fatehabad

[asit das]

*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.



We 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                                 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

 Y.B. Ramkrishna

Anup Kumar Bandoyopadhyay             Professor, Jadavpur University,
Calcutta



Kannayian                    South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers
Movement



Pandurang Hegde                     Chipko-appiko Andolan, Karnataka



Tanushree Gangopadhyay         Ahmedabad



Sudha Reddy                            Social Activist, Bangalore



Jaya Iyer                                  Social activist Delhi



Nidhi Agarwal              Him Dhara, Himachal Pradesh



Kiran Shaheen                          Media Action group Delhi



Shehnaz Malek             Arman Mahila Sanghathan Ahmedabad



Gowru Chinnapa                       PUCL, Bangalore



Indira Chakravarthi                   Social Activist, Delhi



Ramdas Rao



Saraswati Kavula                      NAPM -AP Chapter.



Gabriele Deitrich                       NAPM, Tamilnadu



Battini Rao                               New Socialist Initiative, Andhra
Pradesh



Praveen                                    Research Scholar, Delhi,
University



Angaja Foundation



Rita Kumari                              Pravasi Nagrik Manch, Delhi



Rajvir Pawer                            Kisan Panchayat



Ranjit Kumar Thakur                Journalist, Uttarakhand



Bhanumati Gochhait                  POSCO Pratirodh Solidarity, Delhi



Rajnikant Mudgal                     Socialist Front, Delhi