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January 09, 2007 17:14 IST
Medha Patkar-led National Alliance of People's Movement on Tuesday said it will intensify its agitation against Special Economic Zones and other policies that result in displacement and unemployment.
"We will observe a day of warning on January 26, demanding withdrawal of SEZ Act and will go on fast on January 30 against all division and discrimination," Patkar said.
The agitation would culminate into a mass event, 'Initiation of Action 2007', in Delhi in March that would see participations of 150 organisations from various fields, she said.
The demands in this event would include repealing of SEZ Act, restitution of Urban Land Ceiling Acts, Redistribution of land, vacate corporate control over water, land and minerals and withdrawal of river interlinking plan.
Terming SEZs as 'Special Exploitation Zones', Patkar said, destruction of farmers' land would prompt Nandigram like protests leading to unrest across the country.
She admitted that industrialisation was a welcome sign, but said it could not be done by displacing farmers, fishermen and tribals, she said.
She said the displaced persons of Jaikwadi dam in Maharashtra and many other projects were not being paid compensation till date, Patkar said, adding in Nagpur, Nasik, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram urban land was being used to build and expand airports.
She alleged the state governments were about to bring in Special Tourism Zones and would give undue concessions to corporate houses in forms of tax and duty exemptions.
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