Anthony Dias

XISR, Mumbai, India

Republic – Government of the people, for the people and by the people

Constitution: Preamble – ‘We the People of India….’

Welfare of the Poor a pre-eminent goal

Bill of Rights: a) Fundamental Rights

b) DPSP

Population:

1.2 Billion + …..And growing!!!

Categories:

Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, Scheduled Tribes (ST), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Nomadic and De-notified Tribes (NT-DNT), Muslims, Christians

Nuclear power plant

Thermal power plant◦ Diesel

◦ Gas

◦ Coal

Hydro power plants

Solar power plants

Wind energy

Western Region 1,201.20Southern Region 938.88Northern Region 833.20Eastern Region 521.20North Eastern Region 257.98

Public/National Interest hardly demonstrated

Lack of Transparency

Right to Know honoured in breach! Disclosures only under pressure, under the law – Right to Information Act (RTI)

In older projects, there were hardly any disclosures; more mis- and dis-info

Cost-benefit not properly done (inflate Benefits and suppress costs)

Land Acquisition (forcible, eminent domain)

Compensation and R&R

Pollution and Environmental Harm

Public health issues

Livelihood

Safety and security

The land which acquired for the nuclear project is a agricultural land

Poverty and Impoverishment

State/Project-induced impoverishment

Cernea’s 8-fold Risks: Landlessness

Homelessness

Joblessness

Less/No access to CPRs

Food Insecurity

Health loss

Social Disarticulation

Marginalization

Projects and Impoverishment

‘Culture of Respect for Authority/Government‘Culture of Silence’ (indigenous/tribal peoples)Religion & Fatalism: Accepting one’s condition without complaining (Hinduism’s Doctrine of Karma?)Culture of Resistance to imperial/alien powers encroaching on local populationsGandhian Protests: Peaceful (non-violent in thought and action – ‘Ahimsa’, ‘Satyagraha’)Naxalism/Maoism: Violent protests

Protesters of Kudankulam block the road

Walking out from the public hearing Mithi Virdi

Protests – peaceful and violent

Kudankulam nuclear project

Women in Gujrat protesting against nuclear

Jal satygraha

Omkareshwar Dam

Omkareshwar Dam

Kudankulam Protest

Kudankulam project

Blocking the road by sitting on the road. Kudankulam nuclear protest

Best Wishes byXISR and staff

-M Gandhi