---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Aakanksha Singh <aakanksha.singh09@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:28:38 +0530
Subject: Re: [Working Group] Fwd: Some docs about the Jan Sangharsh Vahini work
To: aid-ncr-working-group@googlegroups.com
Cc: Kirankumar Vissa <kiranvissa@gmail.com>, suresh siva
<deepalasuresh@yahoo.co.in>
Hello Friends,
Forward to updates about JSV work there is a meeting tomorrow morning at
Kanjhawla Village, please find the details below,
If your willing to join please contact me @9818660582 we can go together .
*You are invited for a **Meeting in Kanjhawla to discuss on the “Amendments
to be made towards the Land Acquisition Act of 1894.”
*
*on 19th September at 11 am. *
As the farmers’s dharna of Kanjhawala village which commenced on 19th march
2008 has completed 31 months. To mark the beginning of 32 month of the
farmers dharna a Jansabha is organized on 19th Sept 2010 in Kanjhawla where
farmers leaders from nearby villages of UP Aligarh, Dadri, Haryana as
well as people from political parties, government bodies and social
activists will be gathering to discuss on the amendments to be made on Land
Acquistion Act of 1894.
The basic question that emerges is “What kind of amendment should be made in
the the ACT”, whether it should be in favor of Corporations or towards the
“Welfare of the Farmers”. This questions also arises due to the fact that
once a person elected into National or Sate legislations for just a span
of 5 yrs, it ensures the future of their coming generations. The example is
right in front of us in form of The First Prime minister of India Pt
Jawaharlal Nehru whose present generation of Smt Sonia Gandhi , Smt Menka
Gandhi and their sons Rahul Gandhi and Varun Gandhi have a secured future in
the Country’s political representation similarly the Business houses
and Business
Corporation have a secured future for generations. But generations of
farmers who are totally dependent on agriculture and feeding the mankind, who
have been the pillar of human sustenance in the country and of the world
face an insecured future by changing land laws which make them landless.
And the modulus operandi for land grabbing is in form of various agencies
like DDA (Delhi Development Authority), the neighboring NDA(Noida
development Authority), HUDA , Ghaziabad Development Authority and many such
other which are spread across the country they grab land in the name of
development and eventually turns farmers – the land owners to landless
people . DDA is an agency which owned zero land is acquiring land in the
area and leasing it out. Likewise why can’t farmers lease their land with
the help of the government directly.
Therefore companions of Bhumi Bachao Andolan and Jan Sangarsh Vahini
decided that when the future of politicians , businessman, corporates is
secured so should the future of farmers of this country who are dependent
on agriculture be secured too.To ensure this a Proposal of *“Farmer-Government
Partnership”* has been prepared with the approval of a people ‘s collective
over a meeting called by Jan Sangarsh Vahini which had eminent people like
Former Administrative officer J V Saxena,Dr V.V Sharma, Economist Amit
Bhaduri, Senior Reporter and Social worker Sumit Chakravarthy and Senior
lawyer Sanjay Parikh .
A meeting was held recently on 1st Sept at Council for Social Development
in Delhi to reach an agreement on the amendments on Land Acquisition Act ,
likewise for the first time another meeting is scheduled under the banner
of Bhumi Bachao Andolan in partnership with Jan Sangarsh Vahini at the
dharna site in Kanjhawala village on 19th September 2010 to discuss on
making Farmer- Government partnership an inclusive part in the amendments
for the Land Acquisition Act where farmer leaders from Delhi, Haryana , UP
Aligarh , to those struggling against the Dadri power project , from Bajeda
Khurd, Dehra, Kakrana, Dhaulana, Jadavpur and Kandhola who have played an
active role in the farmers struggle will also be joining in this meeting
scheduled at 11 am.
The objective of the meeting is to discuss on the proposal of
“Farmer-Government Partnership” about the positive aspects of it and/or
otherwise, to gather suggestions on improving the proposal and thereby
incorporating them into the proposal and forming a strategy on the
adaptation of the proposal by various groups involved in farmer’s
struggle.By including the Farmer-Government partnership proposal in the
amendments for the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 it is possible to protect
farmers from turning landless by means of Land Acquisitions , sell-purchase
of Land . And also make arrangements to further protect them and their
coming generations from turning landless while ensuring them a secure
future.
Location: Kanjhawla village dharna site at 11 am on 19th September 2010.
Jan Sangarsh Vahini
On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Kirankumar Vissa <kiranvissa@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Aakanksha and Pulkit,
>
> Very good to know that you could meet with Rawatji. Based on what I heard
> and read, Rawatji and Jan Sangharsh Vahini have been doing excellent work,
> and it will definitely be an enriching experience for AID Delhi volunteers
> to collaborate with them in whatever way possible.
>
> The 3 options a,b,c that you mention all sound good. Documentation,
> summaries of important work or articles, and so on are much-needed, for
> raising awareness as well as mobilizing support, so you should definitely
> start immediately on (a). As Vikram said, (b) is also possible during
> weekends, and it is through such direct interactions that we can ourselves
> understand the issues more deeply. Funds of course are necessary and if
> anyone is impressed with their work, you can immediately ask them to donate
> some money.
>
> Another thing you should do is to invite him to speak on IIT campus (it
> could be a seminar or a public talk) or some other place - even a seminar
> room at oneof your companies..With the Commonwealth Games coming up, this is
> very topical and will get people to think...
>
> Kiran
>
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Aakanksha Singh <
> aakanksha.singh09@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> Some if us chanced upon to meet Bhupendra Rawat from Jan Sangarsh Vahini
>> in Delhi over this weeekend.
>> The discussion was oriented towards learning about JSV's work and
>> identfying areas where AID NCR volunteer's assistance can be linked to their
>> ongoing struggle.
>> JSV began its struggle against agricultural land acquistions around NCR
>> region and at present there are main three areas that JSV works on .
>> 1) Legal battle on Food Security: Rapid loss of agricultural land for
>> industrialization and risking the food security much further.
>> 2) Farmer-Government partnership model .
>> 3) Fighting for rights of unauthorised colonies in Delhi&NCR region.
>>
>> We as volunteers can join them in mainly 3 aspects as we could identify.
>>
>> a) As they do not have their work documented we can assit them in
>> translation of their work mainly from Hindi to English releated to their
>> legal battle in the supreme court or press releases etc.
>>
>> b) We can be a part of their ground activities for farmers agitation/
>> struggle ongoing in nearby villages of NCR. Although we as volunteers have
>> our weekdays packed, so we can try be a part of weekend events. Will keep
>> you updated whenever such an opportunity arises, it can be a good learning
>> curve for people interested to learn about farmer issues/struggle from the
>> farm heartlands.
>>
>> c)Fund is an area where JSV can be helped too. Although they were self
>> supporting their work in the past but with latest urgency and need to widen
>> the reach of the struggle financial assistance of growing need.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Aakanksha
>>
>>