The Struggle Widens

NARMADA ! Narmada petition - Call government's bluff about Oversight Group! Sardar Sarovar Oversight Group Violating its Terms of Reference * Prime Minister Must Recall Group and Halt Dam's Construction (Aid India, May 11) * Dharna and Public Meeting at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi: 11th & 12th May 2006 (NBA Khargone, May 10/11) MUMBAI 5,000 houses demolished in Mandala, Mankurd, Mumbai (National Alliance of Peoples Movements (NAPM) and Shahar Vikas Manch, May 9) * Mandala turned into Police state, severe repression continues /8 activists arrested and beaten up; charged with attempt to Murder (Initiative India, May 11)

The Fury Continues to Build

*Supreme Court Damns People, Devastates Narmada Valley - Denies Justice, Violates its own Orders, Serves Petty Politics (NBA, May 8) * SC declines to stay Narmada dam construction (Times of India, May 8) * Further Government falsehoods regarding SSP to mislead court (NBA, May 7) * TISS toppers confront PM on Narmada * Doosra Aamir stuns PM, cops - Ex TISS student Simprit Singh sneaks into convocation, raises protest against the dam (DNA, Mumbai & Mumbai Mirror, May 7) * Graduating TISS Students Declare Support for Bhopal Victims and Narmada Dam Oustees (May 6) * Sardar Sarovar: Stop Inhuman Destruction of Human Communities and Rich Natural Endowment in Narmada Valley. It's Either Now Or Never (Medha Patkar, NBA, May 6) * Fax Dow NOW! End the Murder in Bhopal! (Students for Bhopal, May 7) * Thousands of residents of Transit Camp, in Kalkaji, New Delhi, prepare to oppose demolition of their homes (Convenor Lok Raj Sangathan, May 6)

BHOPAL ? NARMADA ? NO. THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA LIES ELSEWHERE

“US-India Strategic Economic Partnership”: Kowtowing to American Big Business (Prasenjit Bose) (May 4) / Samples of what's currently available at bhopal.net. (Indra Sinha) (May 5)

IS ‘DEVELOPMENT’ ABOUT DEMOCRACY ?

Mass Action To Protest The Supreme Court’s Decision To Postpone Judgement On Narmada Case (Delhi Solidarity Group for the NBA) (May 3) / Editorial: Narmada, Bhopal are issues of democracy, fair deals (Sunita Narain, CSE) (May 3) / Get Active against the Killing of the Narmada River (NBA) (May 3) / The Truth about Rehabilitation of the Oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Project: A Report on the ‘Pol Khol Yatra’ (Sandeep Pandey, Dr. Sunilam, Swami Agnivesh, Rinchin, Nidesh, Kavitha Krishnan, Awadesh) (May 3)

THE STRUGGLES CONTINUE - separately

The Supreme Court of India fails to take a decision / NBA to intensify Campaign / Proposed Draft Right to Housing Act for Urban Areas / Appeal against demolitions in Delhi

There Is A Fury Building Up Across India

Ministry report nails claims on rehabilitation (April 29) / "There Is A Fury Building Up Across India" (April 29) / At Least 350,000 March for Peace, Justice, & Democracy (April 30)

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