Take Timely Action to Prevent Uttar Pradesh’s Nandigram

COMMUNICATION

At a time when it is being widely realised that the displacement of farmers cultivating fertile and irrigated land should be minimised as much as possible, it is shocking that farmers cultivating nearly 650 acres of fertile, irrigated land in an agriculturally rich area of Kushinagar district (UP) are threatened by a project involving the construction of a huge statue and related activities. Social activists who have inquired into this so-called Maitreyi project have found out several instances of false claims to collect donations. The farmers here are determined to resist this eviction. The government should immediately give instructions to prevent this costly, disruptive and entirely avoidable displacement of people.

Bharat Dogra
 C-27, Raksha Kunj, Paschim Vihar,
 New Delhi-110063
 Ph.: 25255303