[Reader-list] Medha Patkar and Seven Others Arrested While Opposing Evictions in Mumbai

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Wed May 30 15:59:28 IST 2012


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   *Medha Patkar and Seven Others Arrested While Opposing Evictions*
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   *Women and Children Beaten and Harassed by Mumbai Police Force*
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   *Demolitions Continue in Sion Koliwada and Ambujwadi and so does
   Resistance*

 *Mumbai, May 29* : In a brazen violation of the traditional rights of the
fisherfolks in Sion Koliwada Mumbai police and BMC has started demolishing
homes of the people since morning today. Amid heavy police presence they
started demolishing the homes occupied by the Koli community. There has
been court cases going against the redevelopment plan which is fraught with
corruption and irregularities. False consent has been shown by the
community, signatures have been forged of the people, who are not even
alive and other such irregularities abound in the project. Ghar Bachao Ghar
Banao Andolan have been opposing the plans for evictions and demolitions. *The
development project is being implement by builder Sudhakar Reddy, who is a
prominent devotee of Baba Ramdev and are accused of colluding in the
illegality along with BMC. *

 In morning when the demolition squads arrived accompanied by a large
police force then residents came out in huge numbers led by Medha Patkar
and stood in front of the JCBs and Bulldozers. Police beat up and harassed
those resisting demolitions. Male police was involved in beating and
molesting women protesters too. *As we write this the demolitions continue
and so does the resistance from people. Meanwhile, Medha Patkar and seven
others have been arrested by the Mumbai police on charges of obstructing
public officials.*

 *At this time demolitions are also being fiercely resisted by people in
Ambujwadi, Malad where many homes of were demolished earlier as well.*

 *Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan – NAPM have been leading the struggle for
a long time now in Mumbai and more specifically in these areas. We are
hopeful that the people's struggle will resist fiercely the land grab by
the builders in connivance with the state machinery. We will expose the
irregularities as we have done in the case of Adarsh Housing Society,
Hiranandani Gardens, Golibar SRA by Shivalik Builders and others. *

 *We condemn the arrests of the activists of the GBGB-NAPM and assault on
the people by the police force who have been resisting peacefully the
demolitions and striving to save their habitat and home. *

 *Background :*

Koliwada, indigenous fisherfolk Community have been living in the area from
a long time on this patch of the land. In 1939 Britishers constructed NSP
sheds for their own security purposes and they were asked to move to this.
These NSP Sheds then were taken over by the Municipal Corporation after
Independence. Even though these fisher people have lived on the land for
more than a century they have been denied their "right to land", due to the
policies of the Britishers as well as BMC. BMC now in the name of
development is evicting them and giving away the prime property to the
Builders.

 *For details and update call : Madhuri Shivkar 09892143242 / Madhuri
Variyath 09820619174*

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