Respected members of Jharkhand Forum,
I have been reading the views from various members of Jharkhand Forum on the subject “Tatas sucking the blood out of Orrisa.”
Well ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate all efforts. At least some of us are worried about the poverty of poors (mainly tribals) and backwardness of some ore rich Indian states (Jharkhand, Orrisa, Chattishgarh). Otherwise I know most of educated / rich / high class people think “AAG LAGE BASTI MEI, HUM RAHEN MASTI MEI.”
It is very difficult for a person to estimate or feel the pain / problems of poors and the reason of poverty, unless and until he / she experiences the same situation. Bhai log, yahan PC ya laptop ke samne baithke dislocation / exploitation ke shikar logon ke bare likhna bahut asan hai.
There is no doubt that the business giants like Tata / sterlite / Reliance etc are sucking blood of poors or locals for their exploration / production activities. No one is blaming them for sucking blood, this is a fact. Tatas are taking Ores / Minerals from Orissa / Jharkhand and doing very less for the local people / tribes in these States. All those were listed in the first mail on this topic.
Well, the natural resources like Hematite / Magnetite / Siderite / Bauxite / Chromium / Mica / Coal / Uranium or other ores /mineral are to be explored / exploited for manufacture of various products such as MS / CS / SS / Al / Cu / power for domestic or industrial use. Akhir hum kab tak PASHAN YUG mei rahte!! These ores are state or public properties. Par aap beshak inki kudayi kijiye, par uske liye jo apne paitrik jamin se vistapith ho rahe hain, usko lath mar kar nahin. Unko apne jagah se hatane bad unke sahi punarwas ka to intjam kijiye.
Normally, the locals are uneducated. Then they are paid off some tiny amounts for their lands. Punarwas ka to koi solid solution hota nahin. Unko koi 4th grade job dekar mamla thanda kar diya jata hai.
Beshak, aap mauke ka advantage lijiye, but I don’t support the funda of “KISI KI PET PE LATH MARKAR APNA MAAL BADAO.”
I am also agreed, that there are some formalities, rules & regulations for land acquisitions for setting up mines / rigs / plants etc. These business houses are established only after GOVERNMENT approvals.
But do you know the “actual” procedure for all these? These are only paper work. You may not be knowing because you might be working in Software Company or sitting in US. Great Individual achievement. Ye saare kaam sirf laptop / computer mei design / email / copy-paste karne se nahin hota. Iske piche business giants / administrative officers / public servants / politicians ke beech crores ka game hota hai. Permission can be obtained from the competent authority such as OISD, State Pollution Control Board, Factories Inspectorate, concerned ministry etc. easily. Otherwise, tell me the name of any local / villager who knows about policies / MoUs etc. And ultimately the dislocated people suffer like beggars. They are never paid the sufficient and reasonable amount.
Sometimes, I think that ki ye Relliance / Tata / Birla walon ka last 10 years mei hi turnover / market capitalization itna kyun bada? There is no doubt that Ambanis, Tatas, Birlas have worked very hard; they have expanded their business like anything; they are giving employment to many people, they are paying huge taxes to govt.; but one question still arises in my mind, how do they grow in this tremendous speed!! Answer is the high profit margin. May be it is because of them that India has shown so much of progress over the last couple of years, but the customers, backward and poors (even middle class) are still deceived. They have forgotten the India in the name of Global Competition or business expansion. Rate of exploitation of the ores / minerals have tremendously increased. Their business has grown up and they have made huge money, but what is the status of locals?
Do you think that boom in software / electronic / steel / automobile industry is the real progress? Bhailog, ek ordinary citizen ko IT boom / 20000 sensex ka matlab samjh mei nahin aata. Kuch fark nahin padta usko. Uske liye real progress is his cultivation. Yaar, main ya aap software / steel kha nahin sakte. Zinda rahne ke liye Rice, wheat, vegetables etc. chahiye. There are lots of things to do for farmers. Employment doesn’t mean only govt. / private job / engineering / medical / law / software job; it also includes agriculture.
Partho, I also agree that “Manushya apane bhagya ka nirmata swaym hai." But I also believe that for a poor, the richer one also play part in his poverty. From the very beginning of human civilization, weaker / poor sections have been exploited by the stronger / richer section of society, just like animals. History khol ke dekho, aapko yahi milega. Raja-Maharaja ke zamane se lekar, Zamindar, Angrezon ke time se lekar abhi tak. Only the system and ways for exploiting the weaker / poor section has changed.
Richer / educated people are very smart. Smart in the way that they can present what they not actually are. They will talk in terms of the development of nation, not in terms of self benefit. Exploitation / injustice being done towards the poors / tribals / locals by the business giants behind the false motive of progress. Two Ambanis, a premji, etc are the richest Indians with worth more than lakhs of crores and 50 crores Indians have annual income less than 50 thousand!! Why is this huge gap? No doubt these giants are providing food to 100000 families. But ultimately they have exploited the nature, the locals, and 100 crore Indians by the way of pollution / dislocation / keeping high profit margin!!
Dears, in business houses ne nature ki baat laga ke rakhi hai. Tons of pollutants (poisonous, toxic gases, harmful radioactive radiations, effluents, chemicals, acids, bases, dust, noise etc.) are released into environment (Air, water, land) in the name of national development. No doubt, there are state control boards (like GPCB, APPCB, WBPCB etc), emission norms, I know how they are achieved on papers. Pollution jitna last 15 years mei bada hai, utna uske pahle ke crore years mei bhi nahin huwa hoga. Greentech award rupye dekar liye jate hain. Aur industrial pollution ki maar jyadatar in locals ya gareebon pe hi padti hai. Rich ke paas Aquaguard hain, water purifier hain, gareeb ke paas kya hai!!
As far the development is concerned, I think development should be referred to a situation where all people should be getting sufficient food and cloth, good health and a house for shelter. And, not a situation that one Ambani has lakhs crore as personal assets and 50 crore people are earning less than 50000 annually. There should be some uniformity / equality. For this you have to thrust on development in agriculture sector also.
One thing I don’t understand, that why the only poors are targeted for establishing plants / SEZs etc. Why forcible bloodful acquisitions take place like Nandigram, Kalingnagar etc. Poors / tribals ka ghar ujadkar aap cities mei fountain park, AC office, hospital banate hain. Logon ko pine ke liye pani nahin milta aur aap fountain park mei pani barbad kar rahe hain. Kiriburu, Guwa, Chiriya, Badampahar, jhariya, Gurumahisani se aap Hematite (iron ore) / Coal to nikal lete hain lekin aap wahan ke locals ke liye ek free quality school / hospital nahin bana sakte hain!! Aap hospital bhi banate hain to Jamshedpur / Mumbai walon ke liye, jahan aap moti fees le lete hain.
Bhai, ye to sarasar na-insafi hai.
Sincerely Yours
M.Maheshwar
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