प्रवीण भाई मुच्छड़िया from Satwik,  in a field trip at the  Vikalp Sangam -

मानव और भौतिक भूगोल की पढ़ाई में जाना था कि धरती की जो परत हमें रहने को मिली, असल में वही डिसाइड करती रही हमारा जीवन, दिनचर्या, रोजगार, रहन–सहन, परम्परा, खान–पान, पहनावा, समाज और यहां तक कि धर्म भी! while studying human and physical geography, I learnt that the layer of earth that we got to live in, actually decided our life, daily routine, employment, lifestyle, tradition, food, clothing, society and even religion!

एक वैज्ञानिक अनुमान अनुसार यदि धरती की उम्र 1400 वर्ष मानी जाए तो इंसानी जीवन की उम्र 6 सेकेंड ही है और हमारी सभ्यता की उम्र तो मात्र 3 सेकेंड! According to a scientific estimate, if the age of the earth is considered to be 1400 years, then the age of human life is only 6 seconds and the age of our civilization is just 3 seconds!

अपने जीवन की स्थिति के बेहतर आंकलन के लिए ज्योग्राफी की समझ मददगार होती है। कच्छ की कहानी : 6 बताते हुए मेरा विचार और प्रगाढ़ हो रहा है कि भूगोल का शिक्षण ज्यादा से ज्यादा और घूमते–फिरते होना चाहिए, बेहतर समाज बनाने के लिए!Understanding geography is helpful for a better assessment of the condition of our life. While telling the story of  Kutch  I am convinced that  the teaching of geography should be done as much as possible  during our journey  to create a better society!

https://youtu.be/rDXmbkcZSiI  Praveen Bhai Muchhadiya of Satvik at the Vikalp Sangam Field Trip
There had been a steep decline in area under grasslands of Banni. In 1989, the Banni grassland area was spread over 1,42,882 hectares which reduced to a mere 63,073 hectares in 2009. This deterioration has continued since 2009 and it is imperative for the government to intervene before the grassland ceases to exist. Due to the drastic reduction in the grassland area, the government has had to procure 1,388 lakh kg of fodder in the form of grass from outside Gujarat, which has resulted in a huge burden on the exchequer. Apart from restoring the ecology of the region, the government also aims to become self-reliant for fodder. -  Gujarat Ecology Commission https://gec.gujarat.gov.in/Home/Bannigrassland 

A glimpse of how Satvik starts a discussion on Natural Farming.. https://youtu.be/sKaCgCvjvhQ 

The videos have been contributed by Yogeshbhai of Jugnu.   https://www.youtube.com/@YogeshYadav-zm1gv 

He also features his suggestion: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JsXSbD6b03Q at the National Vikalp Sangam  JD on WA: appreciate Yogeshbhai suggestion.. We will also have to talk about the Permaculture suggestion of mulching instead of crop burning in the capital region and elsewhere where there is canal irrigation, due to the glut of trying to re-use the field without giving the soil a chance to heal itself!

In the last 40 years, more than 30 thousand gas victims have died and 7 lakh people are undergoing treatment. In the hospital opened for gas victims, 7000 gas victims go for treatment every day. 1200 crore rupees were received for the treatment of gas victims, but some say that the money is lying in the Reserve Bank. The general discussion is that the government has invested this money in other works to earn profit. The situation is that neither medicines are available to the patients nor the doctors treating them are getting their salaries on time.
The polluted waste that was accumulated after the leakage of poisonous gas 40 years ago has not been disposed of till date. Earlier, a German company came for disposal. It was ready to dispose of the chemical waste for 50 crores, but it was not given the contract. Now, it is being said that Rs. 126 crore is required to remove the waste of Rs. 35 lakh ton. Currently, the residents of Bhopal are forced to drink poisonous water, due to which a large number of children are suffering from disability and common people are suffering from respiratory diseases.
The biggest question is that in the last 40 years, no official of Union Carbide company or any of the guilty administrative officers has gone to jail. Now the name of the company has also changed, now it is known as Dow Chemicals. Union Carbide Chief Warren Anderson has died at the age of 92. Bhopal's gas victims constantly remember the day when Anderson came to Bhopal after the gas tragedy, he was put under house arrest. Later, on the instructions of the then Chief Minister Arjun Singh, he was released from the airport by the SP-Collector of Bhopal, from where he left for America.
If after 40 years, it is evaluated that who is guilty of this incident? So it becomes clear that the Congress and BJP governments have neither bothered about the health related problems of the gas victims and the citizens of Bhopal nor did they provide proper compensation to the gas victims. In all the courts (Bhopal Court, Jabalpur High Court and Supreme Court), all the cases are going on regarding these issues. It is worth mentioning that the Government of India had taken all the powers in its hands to decide on giving compensation to the gas victims.

25 thousand rupees were given to the gas victims. Not all the gas victims have received compensation even among the gas victims. The 56 gas affected wards of Bhopal were limited to 36 wards. In America, the death compensation is given as 5 lakh dollars (1 dollar = 85 rupees). This means that both the courts of India and America accept the difference of lakhs of times in the value of the life of an American and an Indian citizen.

When I went to the programs of Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan on 2 and 3 December 2024, I found that the gas victims there were demanding five times the compensation. When the compensation was given, the value of 1 dollar was 15 rupees, now it has become 85 rupees.

Adv. N.D. Jayaprakash, who is fighting the case on behalf of the gas victims in the Supreme Court, is demanding that the compensation amount be given to each gas victim at today's rate of 7 lakh rupees.

Today, holidays are given in Bhopal as a tribute to the gas victims, government programs are also held. In which apart from the ministers of the government, the Governor also participates. Abdul Jabbar, who fought for the gas victims all his life, used to organize programs continuously in Yadgar-e-Shahjahani Park. Even after his death, the series of programs is continuing but participation has become very limited. The exhibition that was held yesterday and today was seen by 100 to 150 people. There were about 50 youth and children in it who were brought by their elders.

I think we are living in a very insensitive society and world.

The kind of outrage and human response against the massacre of 3 lakh Palestinians by Israel in Palestine is not visible anywhere, as should be seen.
The situation is the same in Bhopal. It seems as if the common citizens of Bhopal have nothing to do with the Bhopal tragedy, whereas the truth is that whoever lives in Bhopal and drinks water here, they are drinking water polluted with toxic waste.
Now the only hope rests on the judiciary. However, this judiciary has not yet ensured health related arrangements for the victims of the gas tragedy, has not made any arrangements for rehabilitation. The legislature (both the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh and the Parliament of India) has occasionally paid tribute to the people killed in the gas tragedy but has ignored their health, rehabilitation, pollution related problems. The executive simply washes its hands off by saying that whatever instructions come will be followed. The media raised this issue for a long time but today the discussion of the gas tragedy has been limited to December 2-3.
How long will the gas victims have to wait to get justice? How many days will we have to protest and how many gas victims will we have to see die due to lack of treatment? Will the younger generation come forward to face these challenges? This question remains unanswered. How long will we have to wait to get answers to these questions?

Hezbollah's victory furthers the path of resistance; Gaza's victory is near https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/hezbollah-s-victory-furthers-the-path-of-resistance--gaza-s On November 25, reports of a potential ceasefire in Lebanon, on grounds of the 1701 resolution surfaced. Hezbollah stressed that it would not accept any other concessions that enabled an extended occupation in Lebanon or the disarming of the Lebanese Resistance. 

Biden is already talking about following up with a ceasefire in Gaza, seeing that the battered Israeli Army likely has no capacity left to keep taking Yassin-105 shells to its tanks in Jabalia (which we saw multiple times yesterday alone), or ambushes destroying entire soldier groupings (with 20 destroyed days ago). The Resistance in Gaza continues to maintain its pressure and successfully thwart - for the fourth time - an Israeli attempt to establish a security belt to the North. With the US and "Israel" cutting their losses in Lebanon, Gaza will be next as they shift focus to countering Iran and the expected True Promise III operation, not forgetting the Resistance from the West Bank. 

Solidarity is our Strength 

The recent raid on APCR’s Delhi office and the unjust targeting of Nadeem Khan is a blatant attempt to intimidate activists . Charging him with “promoting enmity” and “criminal conspiracy” for highlighting constitutional guidelines against mob lynching and punitive demolitions is a direct attack on free speech and democracy. Such acts of state overreach aim to silence dissent and criminalize activism. We must stand united against this repression of human rights activists . Advocating for justice is not a crime— Let’s collective resist these undemocratic actions and safeguarding the values of freedom and equality.

Gaza ~ 7th October Truth

@GenFlynn #October7Massacre #Hamas_Is_Isi
"Someone held the military and gave an order from above not to do anything in a 7-hour window so that Hamas could complete the mission. This is not a coincidence."

First time a senior American security official claims there was betrayal in the IDF. Gaza ~ 7th October Truth

 I’m Used To It But ‘Endangering Sovereignty’ Is Too Much’: Fact Checker Mohd Zubair Faces Gravest Criminal Case Yet
Betwa Sharma  https://article-14.com/post/-i-m-used-to-it-but-endangering-sovereignty-is-too-much-fact-checker-mohd-zubair-faces-gravest-criminal-case-yet--674d39ead4fec 

After the Supreme Court granted him bail in the UP cases in July 2022—23 days after he was arrested—and disbanded the special investigation team in UP and moved the matters to the Delhi police. The new section 152 BNS, which the police had invoked was the gravest yet, and regarded by lawyers and human rights activists as the new avatar of the colonial era section of sedition under the IPC. 

    “He was never asked to join the investigation in the other FIRs. It has been more than two years. No chargesheet has been filed. They are lying dormant,” said Vrinda Grover, one of India’s most famous human rights lawyers who is representing Zubair. “That tells us there was nothing ever serious in terms of investigation that was required.”

As Zubair has persisted with his work, not only have his supporters have grown but also his detractors and with them the narrative that he is “anti India” and “anti Hindu”, a trope used by the  right wing to discredit and harass people who question or criticise the ruling party, its allies, and Islamophobes who spew hate against minorities. 

How The Costs Of The Adani Bribery Scandal Will Be Borne By India’s Electricity Consumers & May Increase Power Cuts
https://article-14.com/post/how-the-costs-of-the-adani-bribery-scandal-will-be-borne-by-india-s-electricity-consumers-may-increase-power-cuts--6741c1d1d3a18   M Rajshekhar  

India’s solar power market suffers from a strange infirmity. Tenders for solar power are floated by SECI which, after finalising winners, tries to get discoms to buy the power it has already auctioned. Once they concur, SECI signs power purchase agreements with developers.

This design, created to insulate developers from the vagaries of discoms, comes with its own infirmities. Most SECI tenders don’t find takers—cash-strapped discoms, unable to shoulder the accompanying costs of intermittency, go slow on renewables; at other times, they choose to wait for solar tariffs to drop further.

In the case of the manufacturing-linked tender too, the calculations of Adani, Azure and SECI went awry. Finding the projected price from the tender too high—and expecting lower tariffs in the future—discoms refused to buy. ..

By July 2021, Odisha agreed to buy 500 MW in return for “hundreds of thousands of dollars”. In August that year, after Adani met then-Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and allegedly offered him $228 million (Rs 1,750 crore), Andhra agreed to buy 7,000 MW from SECI. 

By February 2022, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh had acquiesed as well. The total amount paid to these five states stood at Rs 2,029 crore (about $265 million).

 ADANI SAGA:A Classic Case Of Regulatory Capture?SCI,State Govts or ANY..!D  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABUcQAa6J6k Narasimha Reddy 

CONSEQUENCES OF DONALD TRUM VICTORY FOR INDIA/DR SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY./VHS-wordsOFwisdom  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4IIQvqFeYQ

USA ADANI CASE#ANOTHER BOFORS?2024 V P SINGH?Commission QATROCHI? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOnPSHIqxAI

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Why Is SECI Silent on Adani’s Bribery Allegations?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBIVqYm-4J0 Moneylife News Bites Nov 27, 2024 
The Adani bribery scandal has rocked the global energy sector, with indictments from the US Department of Justice and the SEC. At the center of this controversy lies SECI (Solar Energy Corporation of India), whose silence raises troubling questions about its role in facilitating inflated solar power prices and bribery schemes. This video explores:
SECI's questionable policies and decisions.
Allegations of corruption involving Adani Green Energy and Azure Power.
The Power Ministry’s role in encouraging centralized solar plants.
Demands for an independent investigation

US probing Adani Group and founder over potential bribery, Bloomberg reports https://www.reuters.com/world/india/us-probing-adani-group-founder-over-potential-bribery-bloomberg-reports-2024-03-15/ By Reuters March 15, 2024 Prosecutors are digging into whether an Adani entity or people linked to the company, including Gautam Adani, were involved in paying officials in India for favorable treatment on an energy project, the report said, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter..."We are not aware of any investigation against our chairman," Adani Group told Bloomberg News...