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dam-l LS: International Narmada Solidarity Day, Aug 3 (fwd)
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> From: Patrick McCully <patrick@irn.org>
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> Subject: LS: International Narmada Solidarity Day, Aug 3
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> >* * * * * * *
> >"For over half a century we've believed that Big Dams would deliver the
> >people of India from hunger and poverty. The opposite has happened." -
> >Arundati Roy
> >
> >Join us in a protest vigil to mark the International Narmada Solidarity Day
> >_____________________________________________________
> >
> >When: Tuesday, August 3
> > 12-1 PM
> >
> >Where: Indian Consulate
> > 540 Arguello Blvd. (near Geary)
> > San Francisco
> >
> >What to Bring: Friends!
> >
> >Directions to the protest from the East Bay:
> >Take 80 West to SF. Take the Fell St. Exit and stay to the left. Continue
> >on Fell and make a right onto Stanyan. Turn left onto Geary. Turn left onto
> >Arguello. The address is 540 Arguello Blvd.
> >
> >Background:
> >For more than a decade, people in India have been fighting dams on the
> >Narmada River. One of these, the Sardar Sarovar Dam, would uproot almost
> >half a million people. After countless hunger strikes, marches,
> >demonstrations and other protests, the Indian Supreme Court suspended
> >construction of the dam. However, on February 18, 1999, the Supreme Court
> >lifted its four-year long stay on construction and allowed the dam height
> >to be increased.
> >
> >Right now, more than 12,000 people in 60 villages are at risk of losing
> >their homes and land as the monsoon-swollen river rises behind the
> >partly-built dam. With no plans for their rehabilitation, the adivasis
> >[tribals] and peasants of the Narmada Valley have resolved to remain in
> >their houses and face the rising water rather than let their lands, rivers,
> >culture and lives be destroyed in the name of development.
>
> >On August 3, people from all over India will be gathering by the banks of the
> >Narmada in the village of Jalsindhi for a "Rally for the Valley."
> >
> >Time to say 'No' to these massive, obsolete, human-crunching,
> >money-guzzling, technological disasters. Join us in San Francisco at the
> >protest on August 3.
> >
> >*For more information on the struggle, go to www.narmada.org or email
> >swong@irn.org.
> >
>