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Kolkata: As many as 11 organisations, including the All Bengal Adivasi Vikas Parishad, have decided to oppose inclusion of any territory from Dooars and Terai into the proposed Gorkha Territorial Administration (GTA) as demanded by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM). A meeting of the the 11- party umbrella organization was held in Siliguri today The organisations, including the ABVP, CPI(ML), Kamtapur People’s party led by Atul Roy and the Bangal Bhasa Bachao Committee, also decided to go in for a “rail roko” in four different places in Dooars and Terai on April 6 and 7 to press for their demand. It was also decided to launch an agitation in Dooars and Terai from April 15, the day when a high-powered committee headed by Justice Shyamal Sen has convened a meeting of all the stake-holders in the matter. The committee is expected to decide if the new territory will be included in the proposed GTA after considering the 700-plus claims and objections it has received. The 11-party forum opposing this move will also submit a deputation to the West Bengal Governor. Meanwhile, the GJM leadership has denounced the idea of holding any polls of the GTA without inclusion of the new territory as demanded by them. The GJM has said that if the new territory is not added to the GTA from Dooars and Terai, it would like to have a nominated or ad-hoc GTA and not an elected one. John Barla, a breakaway faction of the adivasi community however, said the agitation by the 11-party forum will not have any impact on the GTA. He said he was working for “peace and development” of the adivasis living in the plans and supports the inclusion of territory to the GTA. (<strong>Indian</strong> Express 11/3/12) WB: Tribal girl raped at gun-point, ostracized (6) Kolkata: A tribal girl was allegedly raped at gun-point on February 26 in Birbhum, West Bengal and has now been asked to leave her village by the village chief and elders. Her house was ransacked and she was threatened that she would be paraded naked if she continued stay in the village. The police has intervened but the villagers are adamant saying that she has brought a bad name to the tribe and the village. Earlier two people were arrested for the alleged rape case after the girl filed an FIR. (CNN IBN 11/3/12) Adivasis powerless as power flows from Attapadi (6) ATTAPADI: The trek to the hillocks of Nallasingha ooru in Attapadi, more than 90 km from Palakkad, would convince anyone that the land was uncultivable and that was the reason why the windy terrain remains uninhabited. Suzlon Energy had purchased 645 acres of this land based on a study by the Agency for Non-Conventional Energy and Rural Technology (Anert) which found it suitable for setting up a wind farm. The lands were purchased by Sarjan Realties Limited and Subh Realties (South) Private limited on which Suzlon set up 31 windfarms. “The process of setting up the windfarm began in 2007-08 and all the 31 windmills were in operation by 2009. While the power produced from 23 windmills was being transferred to the Agali sub-station and onward to the Mannarkad transmission centre, the power from the remaining eight was being transferred directly to the common grid through the Kavundikal pool,’’ said the Assistant Engineer of the Mannarkad sub-station of the KSEB, Abdul Nazar. The power produced from the windmills could vary widely as there was largescale fluctuations. The power produced by each of the machines was as high as 4,00,000 units per day sometimes and as low as 20,000 units. In the windy season from June to December, each windmill produced on an average of 2.50 lakh units per day, he added. “Each machine had a 600 KW turbine. All the 31 units put together had a capacity of 18.6 MW of which at least 16 MW is transferred to the common grid,’’ said KSEB sources. Though Suzlon had purchased 645 acres, only 36 acres had been allotted to the 31 investors. Each investor was allotted 1.2 acres of land along with each windmill which was reportedly sold by Suzlon for Rs 3.6 crore. A top official of Suzlon on condition of anonymity said, “We wanted to set up 80 MW of power in Attapadi in three years but as the adivasi land issue hotted up, most of the investors backed out. The financial institutions were also loathe to lend to the investors to purchase wind mills in such a situation. Now three years and two months have passed after commissioning the windmills and we have produced 1305 lakh units of power and fed it to the KSEB.’’ He added, “We had submitted a proposal to the government to rehabilitate
the displaced tribals by providing them fertile land. We are ready to surrender a portion of the land and also install pumpsets as part of our corporate social responsibility for distribution to landless tribals who have lost land,’’ he said. President of the Attapadi block panchayat M R Sathyan of the Congress said, "In a power-starved state, the issue should be resolved soon and the project allowed to function.’’ Former Electricity Minister A K Balan said, “During the LDF rule, we had appointed a committee headed by the Chief Secretary to go into the purchase of adivasi land by Suzlon. Action should be taken on the report and against those who had connived to facilitate the transfer of adivasi land. Since cultivation was not suitable due to the high velocity winds, the proposal for a revenue-sharing arrangement with the tribals from the power generated could also be considered,’’ he said. (NIE 11/3/12) Tribal body against MLA's wife as samiti chairperson (6) BHUBANESWAR: Election of panchayat samiti chairpersons passed off smoothly across Odisha on Sunday, barring a few stray incidents such as in Titlagarh where a tribal outfit opposed local MLA Surendra Singhbhoi's wife Monika's election as chairperson of Saintala block. State Election Commission (SEC) sources said elections were successfully held for chairperson posts in 312 blocks (or panchayat samitis) except Kashipur in Rayagada and Suliapada in Mayurbhanj. While people in Kashipur had boycotted the three-tier panchayat polls supporting the Jhodia community's demand for scheduled tribe status, elections could not be held in Suliapada block owing to confusion over presence of the elected members, SEC sources said. According to unofficial sources, majority of the block chairpersons belong to the ruling BJD, though party symbol was not used in the panchayat samiti elections. In at least 30 blocks, the chairpersons were elected uncontested, sources said. In Titlagarh, the Zilla Adivasi Kalyan Mahasangha (ZAKM) demanded the arrest of Titlagarh MLA Surendra Singhbhoi (Congress) alleging that he disrupted the law and order by taking out a victory procession for his wife Monika, who allegedly became a panchayat samiti member from an ST seat in Saintala block although she is an OBC. The tribal body lodged an FIR against 12 people, including Surendra Singhbhoi, at Saintala police station after the local legislator and his supporters went in a procession violating prohibitory orders clamped there. The local administration had clamped prohibitory orders after ZAKM opposed Monika's candidature on grounds that she was not a tribal. ZAKM president Brajakishor Singhbhoi alleged Monika had married once before and her name then was Brajeswari Dora. "As she is Dora, she belongs to OBC. After her first marriage broke down she married Surendra and became Monika Singhbhoi. We have documents to prove she is not a tribal," he said. Surendra denied the allegation, saying: "Monika was ST. This was documented in her school records. I have sufficient evidence to prove she is a tribal belonging to Konda- Dora." Titlagarh sub-collector Biswanath Sahu said the dispute was related to Monika's caste status. "While Monika claims to be ST, the adivasis say she is OBC," Sahu said. On Saturday, at least five persons were injured, including one seriously, during election of naib sarpanch in separate clashes at Chandanpur and Beguniapada in Ganjam district. Hiranya Das, the newly elected naib sarpanch of Chandanpur panchayat in Beguniapada block, was one of the injured. Police have arrested eight people, including the Beguniapada sarpanch's husband, from both the places. In Keonjhar, election for naib sarpanch of Kaunrikala panchayat under Sadar block was postponed after police arrested Gitanjali Mohanta, a candidate, for allegedly tearing off the panchayat resolution book and locking poll officials. Election for naib sarpanch of Khajuripat panchayat under Saharpada block was also postponed after villagers locked the panchayat office and gheraoed election officer and block development officer after some ward members were not invited. (Times of India 12/3/12) House to debate CNT change on March 29 (6) Ranchi, March 12: The state Assembly will debate the Chotanagpur Tenancy (CNT) Act on March 29, a decision today taken by a House committee to allow all parties to clear their individual position on the thorny issue of land transfer. The business advisory committee of the House called the special debate after chief minister Arjun Munda said he was in favour of discussion, even as he denied any pending
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