Metro work causing havoc in Surat in India — by Vidyadhar Date — 28/02/2023
Metro work causing havoc in Surat, in Mr Modi’s home state. In Mumbai bus transport is neglected.
At the same time the governments are heavily discriminating against the low cost bus systems, denying them funds and creating problems for them actually. Rampant privatisation has added to the havoc. In Mumbai the acclaimed BEST Undertaking bus network is being neglected. Last week it took off as many as 400 CNG operated buses from its fleet causing serious hardship to lakhs of commuters. Frequent fires in buses have been cited as the reason.
In Surat’s Varachha area the havoc was caused apparently by a tunnel boring machine. So some residents are getting slush and mud in their water pipes but no drinking water. And this is happening in what is being touted as a smart city.
The Supreme court recently declared that the bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai was of national importance while rejecting a plea by Godrej in a case of land acquisition. but then the Supreme court should also declare bus transport as of much more importance because the bus is the most crucial form of urban transport. nn the bus system is extremely low cost and requires very little infrastructure. Mumbai’s bus transport can easily take care of all the transport needs of the city without one km of Metro.
What Shashi Tharoor said at the Congress plenary that no other party leader did
Story by Kaushik Deka https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/what-shashi-tharoor-said-at-the-congress-plenary-that-no-other-party-leader-did-2340234-2023-02-27 https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/what-shashi-tharoor-said-at-the-congress-plenary-that-no-other-party-leader-did/ar-AA17YUUz
The former Union minister minced no words when he said: "We must have the courage of our convictions. We could have been more vocal on the Bilkis Bano outrage, the attacks on Christian churches, murder in the name of cow vigilantism, bulldozer demolition of Muslim homes and similar issues." Tharoor said that the Congress should outline the elements of a progressive economic agenda that addresses head on the challenge of unacceptable economic inequality. Like his colleagues, Tharoor also raised the need to launch a direct assault on "rampant crony capitalism", which he said is "concentrating wealth in the hands of a few friends of the ruling regime and is damaging the economy, leading to massive problems of rising unemployment and diminished futures for young Indians".
Public Statement by Indian people’s movements, trade unions and other civil society groups on G20 https://wgonifis.wordpress.com/2023/02/27/endorsement-for-public-statement-on-indias-g20-presidency/
G20 & its priorities will worsen economic, social and climate crisis.
India’s Presidency is used for vulgar display of pomp & for electoral gains.
G20 has remained as an exclusive club, a forum to save capitalism at the highest political level through the promotion of neoliberal policies. This provides an important imperative for the progressive civil society groups to raise questions around G20’s accountability and more importantly its legitimacy as a forum of global economic governance....In the run-up to scheduled G20 meetings in different cities of India, government authorities are displacing the homeless people to far-flung areas, removing street vendors, and small shops from the roadsides to ‘beautify’ the cities. The party in power is forwarding India as the “centre of diversity” and “mother of democracy” while also consistently using all national institutions at its disposal to silence the dissenting voices of human rights defenders, repeatedly attacking minority communities with impunity and systematically destroying institutions and progressive civil society spaces....
Members of adivasi as also dalit-bahujan farming, fishing, livestock rearing and other forest dwelling communities, in other fragile ecosystems, are losing their lives or their freedoms in the struggle to safeguard their rights over natural resources while constantly facing threats from governments and profit-hungry private corporations. Publicly owned enterprises – importance of which was evident during the pandemic – are being handed over to few privately owned business houses through a massive push for privatisation. Policies are being changed to push the informal sector including small and micro businesses to the edge and to make space for medium and big players. Mega infrastructure projects are being implemented without any heed to their socio-economic impact on communities and environmental damage. And, a complete negligence of the working class and labour rights through withdrawal of welfare policies has resulted in high levels of inequality and social progress indicators touching an abysmal low.
Brief report of the Khudai Khidmatgar team's visit to the village of Junaid and Nasir who were burnt alive
Faisal Khan <
Crimes including killing in the name of cow protection are increasing alarmingly .
Two Muslim youths, Junaid and Naseer from were allegedly killed by the Gau Raksha Task Force and their charred bodies d found inside a vehicle in Haryana’s Bhiwani district on February 16.
Almost 15 days ago young boy Waris from Mewat wala also allegedly beaten up brutally by so called cow protectors. Waris later lost his during treatment of the injuries.
In view of this, A team of Khudai Khidmatgars under the leadership of Delhi Khudai Khidmatgar leader Jatin Bhalla, Faisal Khan, Tarannum Bano, Rizwan Khan and Taslim Ahmed of Mewat Khudai Khidmatgar team reached Ghatmika in Mewat district Bharatpur village .
We will also submit a memorandum to the Human Rights Commission, Minorities Commission, Hisar District Administration against this brutal killings.
Few important facts
* No one from the Haryana Police administration came to take statements , inquire or even the inform about the bodies .
* According to eye witnesses there were 10-12 accused in 3 vehicles who were involved in the brutal crime.
* After being beaten up brutally , condition of the victims was so critical that the personals present in Ferozepur Jhirka police station refused to take them into custody. After which they took them to Loharu in Bhiwani Haryana and later their charred bodies were found in the burnt vehicles.
* Nasir and Junaid's hail from economically challenged families . While both of them were bread earners of the family . Junaid's was also care taker of his psychological challenged brothers family.
* Villagers told that it is common for alleged cow protectors to pick people in the name of cow protection and extort money from them . if money is received on demand, they are released and if they are not in a position to pay, they are handed over to the police
A protest is also going on in the village demanding arrest of the culprits. Soon we will be releasing detailed report along with other organizations .
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Faisal Khan
Khudai Khidmatgar
National Alliance of People's Movement
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On name change: SC says don’t belittle Hinduism and keep country on boil!। BJP । ASHUTOSH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J80EJaTJJqU
28.2.2023 मोदी सरकार आने के बाद मुस्लिम नाम बदलने की बाढ़ आ गई है । शहर, बाग, सड़क के नाम बदले जा रहे हैं । सुप्रीम कोर्ट में ऐसी ही एक याचिका पर कहा कि ऐसी पिटीशन न लाये जिससे समाज बंटता हो । सबको साथ लेकर चले । सुप्रीम कोर्ट की टिप्पणी के बाद बीजेपी की नाम बदलने की। मुहिम को धक्का लगेगा ? आशुतोष के साथ चर्चा संजय हेगड़े, फ़िरदौस मिर्ज़ा, गौहर रजा और आलोक जोशी ।
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Justice Nagarathna said invasions were a historical fact which cannot be wished away and wondered whether there were no other problems that the country could focus on. “a country cannot remain a prisoner of the past” and that the “court should not be an instrument to create havoc.” there is no space for bigotry in Hinduism but the counsel sought to remind that the benevolent nature of Hinduism had resulted in it being wiped out from places like Afghanistan and Pakistan and Hindus being reduced to a minority in seven states even in India.
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Soros: General Theory of Reflexivity https://www.ft.com/content/0ca06172-bfe9-11de-aed2-00144feab49a Scientific laws are hypothetical in character and their truth remains subject to testing. Ideologies which claim to be in possession of the ultimate truth are making a false claim; therefore, they can be imposed on society only by force. This applies to Communism, Fascism and National Socialism alike. All these ideologies lead to repression. Popper proposed a more attractive form of social organization: an open society in which people are free to hold divergent opinions and the rule of law allows people with different views and interests to live together in peace. Having lived through both Nazi and Communist occupation here in Hungary I found the idea of an open society immensely attractive.
While I was reading Popper I was also studying economic theory and I was struck by the contradiction between Popper’s emphasis on imperfect understanding and the theory of perfect competition in economics which postulated perfect knowledge. This led me to start questioning the assumptions of economic theory. These were the two major theoretical inspirations of my philosophy. It is also deeply rooted in my personal history.
Is Tourism Destroying Goa? https://www.rediff.com/news/column/ramesh-menon-is-tourism-destroying-goa/20230224.htm By RAMESH MENONFebruary 24, 2023 16:24 IST
Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and migration, points out Ramesh Menon.
Real estate companies are vying with each other to build cottages, villas and flats all over the state as residents from mainland India wish to shift to the scenic state or build a second home.
Rapid urbanisation is unable to sustain itself, given the poor infrastructure. It is no more the paradise it was.
Public transport is in a mess. Uber and Ola services are unavailable as the taxi groups will not let it come in.
So cab and auto fares are very unreasonable. It is common for cab drivers to demand Rs 100 or more for a kilometre.
Waste management is a serious issue plaguing the state, especially in rural areas, as garbage tied in polythene bags is just flung on the roadsides from passing vehicles.
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Development projects in Goa are sanctioned through regional plans which is basically demarcation of zones across Goa of permissible land uses. In ecologically sensitive zones like orchards, paddy fields, slopes, forests and so on, development activities are not permitted if they are contrary to agriculture or forestry.
But once lands are demarcated and shown as settlement zones, irrespective of present land use, they can become tourism projects or commercial projects. Similarly, the regional plan is supposed to demarcate a number of things which it does not. Like groundwater resources, community lands, prime tenanted agricultural lands. These are often shown as settlement zones in regional plans.
The situation is that the scientific community is completely under the control of the government. It is, therefore, not in a position to do the work it needs to do. For example, the Mopa airport project or any large project where the government or a large real estate owner is involved — you will not see the scientific community coming forth to provide facts and science. We understand even circulars have been passed that they should not divulge facts to the public.
The first step is for the government to accept and acknowledge the existence of these economies. The GDP doesn’t show it. If you grow your own food or share it or barter it the government doesn’t consider that to be an economic activity. The huge khazan lands are all sustainable farming systems. Some 400 or 600 families live off that paddy the whole year. These are economic activities that sustain life in Goa. And, yes, a self-sufficient village has to be the way forward.
At liberation Goa had a population of 600,000 which sustained itself on local resources. Large tourism projects will not sustain the moment you start losing the ecological balance. And agriculture, fishery, and forestry give more employment than anything else.
Our water bodies, lakes, rivers and nallas are by policy being concretized. Contractors spend crores to build concrete walls replacing an existing laterite structure already there in mud. Instead, you can employ thousands of people to use the existing material and restore it. Pay them handsomely and you will save more than half the money you are at present spending.
Quit Hate, Save the Constitution Campaign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCnup5lb-x0 Oct 16, 2022
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Anjali Bhardwaj, social activist, Satark Nagrik Sangathan
Jignesh Mewani activist & MLA, Gujarat
Purshottam Bhatt, singer
Vinay & Charul, Loknaad (recording)
Moderator Amrita Johri, Social activist, Satark Nagrik Sangathan
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- The CBI investigators alleged that Sisodis did not cooperate in the probe and kept avoiding clarifications on crucial points sought by them resulting in his arrest, they said.
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