Solidarity Against SEZs - Demand for PEZs


amka naka SEZ, amka zai PEZ

(we do not want SEZ, we want PEZ)

PEZ: rice gruel (in Konkani) PEZ= Peoples' Economic Zones


Saturday, December 22, 2007

National meet



A National Strategy Meeting on SEZ,
held at the Gandhi Peace Foundation, Delhi on 19th – 20th December’07.

Pravin Sabnis and Orville De Silva represented the Goa Bachao Abhiyan at the meeting organized by NAPM (National Association of Peoples’ Movements), Pairvi and NCAS (National Centre for Advocacy Studies).

Pravin Sabnis made a presentation on the Goa scenario on the 19th December 2007.

Representatives of movements against SEZs from West Bengal, Orissa, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Uttaranchal, UP, MP, AP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat were present. Prominent speakers included Dr. Rajendra Ravi of NAPM, Bhupendra Singh Rawat, Sudhir Patnaik, Aseem Srivastav, Madhumita Dutta, Rifat Mumtaz and others.

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