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DISPLACEMENT
Silent
displacement
Recently
I had occasion to drive to a village located some distance outside
Delhi. I thought I would be driving through rural roads traversing
many villages, and I looked forward to experiencing some of the sense
of openness that comes to city-dwellers when they visit rural spaces.
I had anticipatory visions of acres of farmland under the rabi wheat
crop, or glorious yellow fields of mustard, all around me as I
travelled.
Instead,
I drove for several hours along narrow paved roads bordered on both
sides by enormous walls. It was impossible to see any “fields”
because the entire area of farmland all around had been enclosed into
properties of the (mostly urban-based) rich: palatial farmhouses
surrounded by their manicured gardens and lawns, and some vegetable
patches that are the casual concession to agriculture in these new
manifestations of rurality.
by Jayati Ghosh,
Frontline,
29/02/2008
CRY
of help for erosion victims
Child
Relief and You has highlighted the continuing crisis in the lives of
7,00,000 people in Malda and Murshidabad who have been displaced due
to sea erosion. And sea erosion does not attract any compensation
packages from either states, though it leads to losses in education,
health services and, of course, shelter and livelihood, as schools,
clinics and farmlands submerge.
by Pradipta Mukherjee, The Business
Standard, 19/02/2008
I
spent winter on the street
A
58- year-old lady at Marol naka has been fighting for justice as GVK
and Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL), who are
modernising the city's airport have demolished her "Nixon Villa"
a month ago. The last month has not been so easy for her. "I was
forced to spend this winter on the footpath outside my demolished
home," said the Ms Carmel Fernandes, who has nine children. Her
home was demolished in January. On February 8, when Mumbai had
recorded 8.5 , the coldest night in 46 years.
The
Asian Age, 25/02/2008
Protest
over plans for eco-town
Protesters
have demonstrated near the site of a proposed eco-town planned for a
former Army camp in Warwickshire.
The
scheme, for 6,000 new homes at Long Marston, is one of more than 50
similar projects across the UK aiming to create carbon-neutral
communities.
The
government has said it wants at least 10 such towns by 2020.
Protesters argue there has not been enough consultation and say the
schemes will be an excuse for building houses in inappropriate
places.
Residents
from communities near the proposed sites are among those concerned
about the impact they might have.
BBC News, 03/02/2008
