To,
Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
The Hon'ble Chief Minister of MadhyaPradesh
Phone No: (0755) 2441033/ 2442231
Copy sent to: 1) Dr. Balram Jakhar, Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Dear Shri. Chouhan:
We are shocked to learn about the indefinite Dharna by villagers of Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dams in Narmadha River in MP. Today is the 16th day of the indefinite dharna and also the 14th day of the indefinite fast of five representatives of the struggle who have been on fast since the 6th of June 2007.
More shocking is the fact that citizens of our country have to go through tremendous suffering for every dam in every monsoon to get their just demands. It is deplorable that the state government is filing false affidavits on the water level and number of houses submerged. The affidavit filed in the Supreme Court as well as the High Court stating that "22 houses of Gunjari would not be affected even when the water level in the Omkareshwar dam reservoir rises to a crest level of 189 meters" is completely wrong as water entered these houses already at the 185 meters level. We are receiving this news directly from the affected people and have all the reasons to believe this is the real situation. We demand that the gates be opened so the water levels recede below the submergence heights of the 22 Gunjari houses, as stated by the State Government in the Supreme Court.
Accordingly, we support the demands of the affected people that include the following.
In the Indira Sagar area:
1.Agricultural land should be provided to the villagers who are facing fresh submergence in the thousands of acres of land now found in the surveys.
2. All adult sons and adult unmarried daughters of cultivators should be provided land or SRG as directed by the High Court in the Order dated 8.09.2007 and which the State Government is refusing to comply with.
3. Landless families should be provided 5 acres land in the draw-down of the Indira Sagar reservoir, along with irrigation facilities.
4. Employment guarantee schemes should be provided in every R&R site such as New Harsud, Kalapatha, Bangarda where people are undergoing starvation.
5. Thousands of houses that have been deliberately and illegally been left out of the acquisition process after surveys preceding Section 4 Notification and after in many cases the service of notices under Section 9 of the Land Acquisition Act should be included and compensation and R&R entitlements provided.
6.Every R&R site should be leveled or where people have already spent thousands of rupees to build plinths in the undulating wastes of the R&R sites, compensation should be paid for the plinth filling.
In the Omkareshwar case, we demand that:
1. Agricultural land be provided for the cultivators
2. Land for the adult sons and unmarried adult daughters of the cultivators, as per the R&R Plan of 1993 for the Omkareshwar Project
3. Land for the landless families as per the condition of the environmental clearance.
4. Better facilities including sufficient potable water in the R&R sites.
We strongly urge you to take immediate and sincere steps to fulfill the just demands of the project affected people and so that they can end their fast soon
With deep concern,
In Solidarity,
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