Daily Archive for August 23rd, 2008

Raheja starts work, SVM stops work

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Manshi Asher
on August 23, 2008
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Posted by: “Pravin Sabnis” pravinsabnis@yahoo.com
Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:42 pm

The SEZ Virodhi Manch expresses disgust
at the double standards of the government
of making empty statements/promises
with regard to the scrapping of SEZs from Goa.
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SOUTHERN REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON SEZ SEPT ‘08

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Manshi Asher
on August 23, 2008
in Struggles & Movements
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Invitation
SOUTHERN REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON SEZ
September 13-14th, 2008, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Dear All,

Zindabad! August 13th, 2008
You all are, in some way or the other, part of struggles against forcible land acquisition and displacement. You are well aware of how State and Corporates are conniving and using various coercive and repressive means to acquire land, displacing people and local livelihoods and exploiting other natural resources for “industrialisation”/”economic development”. Issues of sovereignty of panchayat institutions, employment vs loss of livelihood, land speculations, tax expemptions to corporates, environmental pollution, water extraction, power distribution are very crucial to the debate and protest against SEZs. Continue reading ‘SOUTHERN REGIONAL STRATEGY MEETING ON SEZ SEPT ‘08′