Pathanamthitta: Lack of commitment on the part of the Union and State governments to protection of land is a major threat faced by the country today, Kashmirilal, national general convener of the Delhi-based Joint Action Council against Foreign Investment, has said.
He was inaugurating a popular convention on paddy land and wetland protection organised by the Thiruvaranmula Paithruka Grama Karma Samiti (TPGKS) at Aranmula on Sunday.
Presiding over the meet, Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi chairman P. Gopinathan Nair alleged that the controversial airport project at Aranmula was a project of invasion by global commercial forces. Foreign invaders in a new garb were behind the ‘land trade’ at Aranmula in the name of the private airport project, he alleged.
Scheduled Caste Joint Action Council general secretary Thazhava Sahadevan called upon the people to prepare for a mass movement, above all religious, caste, regional, and political differences, to protect the land, agriculture, and places of worship.
The convention constituted a committee chaired by Kummanam Rajashekharan to undertake a campaign against the airport project in Delhi.
11/11/12 The Hindu
