न्यायालयाच्या आदेशानंतरही कोलाम उपेक्षितच-६ एप्रिलला पांढरकवडा येथे मेळावा--लोकसत्ता

न्यायालयाच्या आदेशानंतरही कोलाम उपेक्षितच-६ एप्रिलला पांढरकवडा येथे मेळावा--लोकसत्ता
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नागपूर, ३० मार्च/प्रतिनिधी

मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाच्या नागपूर खंडपीठाने आदेश देऊनही राज्य सरकार आदिम आदिवासी कोलाम समाजाच्या विकासाकडे दुर्लक्ष करीत आहे, असा आरोप विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीने केला आहे. कोलाम विकास योजनेचा केंद्र सरकारचा निधी मागील ५ वर्षांपासून सतत इतर विकास कामात वापरला जात असून विदर्भातील कोलाम समाजाला अजूनही घरकूल, जमिनीचे पट्टे व अन्न सुरक्षा देण्यास सरकार अपयशी ठरले आहे. यासंदर्भात येत्या ६ एप्रिलला पांढरकवडा येथील गौरी लॉन्समध्ये कोलाम समाजाचा मेळावा आयोजित करण्यात आल्याची माहिती कोलाम संघटनेचे अध्यक्ष भोनु टेकाम, लेतू जुनगरे, तुकाराम मेश्राम आदींनी पत्रकाद्वारे दिली.
महाराष्ट्र सरकारने उच्च न्यायालयात शपथपत्र सादर करून २०१० पर्यंत विदर्भातील सर्व कोलाम समाजाला १०० टक्के घरकुल सुविधा, अंत्योदय योजना, जमीन पट्टे देण्याचे मान्य केले होते. केंद्र सरकारने यासंबंधी राज्य सरकारला निधीसुद्धा उपलब्ध करुन दिला. मात्र, अधिकाऱ्यांनी व राजकीय नेत्यांनी हा निधी इतर कामासाठी वळवला व कोलाम समाजाला विकासापासून वंचित केले. स्वातंत्र्याच्या ६४ वर्षांनंतरही भारतीय घटनेत आदिम कोलाम समाजाला विकासासाठी कलम ३७१, ३७२ प्रमाणे विशेष अधिकार दिल्यानंतरही राज्य सरकार मात्र या अति मागास समाजावर सतत दुर्लक्ष करीत आहे.
या समाजाच्या विकासासाठी आलेला निधी इतर समाजासाठी वापरला जात असून हा अन्याय दूर करण्यासाठी आता एकत्रित लढा उभारण्याचा संकल्प करण्यात आला असून येत्या ६ एप्रिलला आयोजित मेळाव्यात विदर्भ जनआंदोलन समितीचे नेते किशोर तिवारी, आदिवासी नेते तुकाराम मेश्राम, अंकीत नैताम, भीमराव नैताम उपस्थित राहणार आहेत. कोलाम समाजबांधवांनी या मेळाव्याला उपस्थित राहावे, असे आवाहन श्यामराव टेकाम, लक्ष्मण दाभडी, दौलत रामपूरे, तुकाराम तुमकोड आदींनी केले आहे.
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Five more debt-ridden farmers end life-TIMES OF INDIA

Five more debt-ridden farmers end life

TNN | Mar 27, 2011, 05.44am IST

YAVATMAL: Five more farmers committed suicide on Friday in Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts of Vidarbha despite the state government's tall claim of allocation of funds for their uplift in the state budget। Four victims are from Yavatmal district alone and one from adjacent Chandrapur। With this the toll this year has risen to 114

The names of the deceased farmers are: Suresh Rathod of Khed village, Ganesh Deshmukh of Marsala, Devidas Pandhare of Kothuralak and Madhav Parothi of Machindra, all from Yavatmal district and Subhash Mumngal of Awarpur in Chandrapur district, informed Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), which works for the welfare of farmers in Vidarbha region.

"In December last year, Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan had announced Rs 1,000 crore bailout package for Maharashtra farmers who lost crop due to untimely rains but there is no provision for the same in 2011-12 budget. Moreover, the government is silent over the crisis that makes farmers more distressed and despaired lot. It is a serious concern and will invite more debt-ridden farmers to kill themselves if immediate relief is not given," warned VJAS.

"The state budget presented by state finance minister Ajit Pawar has ignored about three million debt-trapped cotton farmers which triggered fresh farm suicide in the region," VJAS president Kishore Tiwari said.

As three million cotton farmers have lost cotton crop this year, it was expected that the state would address the ongoing agrarian crisis and will give a bailout package as the earlier relief packages were disappointing, he said

Five more debt-ridden farmers in Vidarbha end lives in a Day as Maharashtra budget denies aid: VJAS

Five more debt-ridden farmers in Vidarbha end lives in a Day as Maharashtra budget denies aid: VJAS

Nagpur | Saturday, Mar 26, 2011,

Agrarian crisis once triggered in to spiral of innocent distressed farmers suicides who are debt-ridden and dined the basic aid as five more farmers killed themselves in day on 25^th march as reported today, the recent victims are four from Yavatmal district alone and one from adjacent chandrapur taking toll to 114 in year 2011 namely

1.Suresh Rathode of Khed

2.Ganesh Deshmukh of Marsala

3.Devidas Pandhare of Kothuralak and

4.Madhav Parothi of Machindra

all from Yavatmal District and

5.Subhash Mumngal of Awarpur in Chandrapur

Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti (VJAS), which works for the welfare of farmers, said in a release issued in Nagpur.

‘In the December last Maharashtra chief minister announced Rs.1000 crore ‘bail-out’ package to Maharashtra farmers who lost crop due to rain but there is no provision for the same in 2011-12 budget moreover Govt. salient over the deep driven crisis has made distressed farmers more hostile and added fuel in the despair which is serious concern will invite more debt-ridden farmers to kill themselves if immediate relief is not given’ VJAS warns the administration.

The state announcement in 2011-12 budget presented by Maharashtra finance minister Ajit Pawar on Wednesday which has ignored about 3 million debt-trapped cotton farmers is result of fresh trigger of farm suicide in the region which has claimed more than 10,000 farm suicides since 2005 due to agrarian distress and economic crisis, VJAS president Kishore Tiwari said.

As three million cotton farmers have lost cotton crop this year, it was expected that the state would address the on going agrarian crisis and will give a bailout package as the earlier relief packages were disappointing," a release highlights the reasons .

"However, the state has failed to give much awaited food security and health security to dying cotton farmers and over 10,000 farm widows and family members of farmers who committed suicide since 2005. This is much more disturbing," Tiwari added.

The vidarbha farmers welcome the decision to give zero per cent crop loan up to Rs50,000 and two percent interest up to Rs3lakh but this facility can be availed by the farmers who are regular with banks."Hence, in order to extend this facility to debt trapped farmers facing crop failure since 2009-10 in Vidarbha, the VJAS has been demanding a bailout package for those who are not covered by state-owned banks and are forced to take loans from local money-lenders and private MFIs," he said.

The VJAS also flayed the announcement of creating irrigation facility in another two lakh hector land of the state saying that there was already a backlog of irrigation projects in Vidarbha, for which over Rs60,000 crore were required.

It's official- Vidarbha is most neglected-TIMES OF INDIA

It's official- Vidarbha is most neglected-TIMES OF INDIA

Ashish Roy, TNN | Mar 23, 2011, 07.28am IST

NAGPUR: Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has been claiming that no discrimination was being meted out to Vidarbha. The statistics released by his own government once again prove him wrong. It is now official that Vidarbha was being neglected in almost all fields.

On most parameters, the region is behind rest of Maharashtra barring a few backward districts like Dhule, Nandurbar and Jalna. Out of five most backward districts as far as human development index (HDI) is concerned, three- Gadchiroli, Yavatmal and Washim- are in Vidarbha. The infant mortality rate in all 11 districts of the region including Nagpur is above the state average. The per capita district domestic product of all districts except Nagpur is far below state average.

The ranking of the districts presents only a part of the picture. The HDI of Mumbai and Mumbai suburban districts is 1.00 while Gadchiroli languishes at the bottom with HDI of 0.21. This means that Mumbai is five times better off than Gadchiroli so far as literacy rate, mean years of schooling, infant mortality rate and per capita district domestic product are concerned.

The literacy rate in Vidarbha districts is somewhat better than that of some districts in Marathwada but all Vidarbha districts have very high infant mortality rates. The per capita income (PCI) has not been considered for calculating HDI. However, it is the real indicator of poverty. If this parameter is considered, Washim is poorest district in the state with PCI of Rs 36,087 while Gadchiroli is the third poorest at Rs 36,286. The PCI of Mumbai and Mumbai suburban districts is Rs 1,25,506 while that of Pune is Rs 1,11,637. The PCI of Nagpur district is Rs 81,225.

Division-wise Amravati is poorest with PCI of Rs 46,340 against Rs 1,09,824 of Thane division and Rs 79,788 of Pune.

Vidarbha farmer package Rs.5000 crore Scam : 50 officers suspension and notice to 355 is eyewash-VJAS

Vidarbha farmer package Rs.5000 crore Scam : 50 officers suspension and notice to 355 is eyewash-VJAS

Nagpur , March 21,2011

Vidarbha farmers who are in deep distress and despair and are committing suicide @ 8 hourly since June 2005 has flayed today Maharashtra government’s announcement terming the action against 405 employees of the agriculture department, including the immediate suspension of 50 officers, accused of siphoning off funds from the central and state aid packages for Vidarbha farmers as ‘eyewash’ because they alleged that all contracts of irrigation and purchases of farm equipments and other beneficiaries under relief schemes being implement under relief packages given by initially chief minister in December 2005 amounting Rs.1075 crore and then Indian prime minister on 1 July 2006 of Rs.3750 crore where given by concern minister and secretaries of irrigation and agriculture department .

“Ajit Dada Pawar and Babalasaheb Thorat then irrigation and Agriculture minister respectably have centralized the decision and decided the agencies under all relief packages as 80% amount of relief fund was allotted to increase irrigation facilities in west vidarbha and 20% amount was given to Agriculture department in which centralized agencies where finalized by concern minister and these two minister are the main beneficiaries of vidarbha farmer’s relief package and we demand that criminal action against Ajit Dada Pawar and Babalasaheb Thorat along with culprit babus of senior rank of Mantralaya ” Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janadolan Samiti demanded in press release today.

Vidarbha farmers said that the action announced in the state legislature by Agriculture Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil said that the funds were meant for the farmers in six districts affect by farmland suicides in Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra is too late to punish the corrupt babus as most of .405 officers and employees have been found prima facie guilty and served with show-cause notices including 50 Grade I and II suspended immediately and action will be taken against the remaining officials within a month, have already either got retired or relived from the jobs as there is undue delay in the taking the action on the irregularities in the Vidarbha packages came to light in 2007 and a committee headed by Gopal Reddy, director of V.P. Naik Mission for Farmers, was appointed and submitted its report in 2008, which was tabled before the legislature in march 2009 and concerned officials were served with show-cause notices in the matter in November last year.

‘If relief packages would have given any aid to dying farmer west vidarbha would not have reported more than 5000 innocent cotton farmers suicides even after the announcement of relief packages since July 2006 .this is mass genocide of farmers after corrupt ministers took decisions of siphoning off funds amounting Rs.5000 crore and all misdeeds figured in CAG and PAC reports and we have submitted the facts on affidavit to India Prime Minister but shown the dustbin .around 3 million vidarbha farmers are the grip agrarian crisis and are being forced to commit suicide due to distress but hostile administration failed to provide them food security and health security even after expert committees recommended ,this is much more disturbing hence we demand the main culprit minister should be booked and punished’Tiwari repeated the demand.

आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतक ऱ्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांच्या मदतीला सेवानिवृत्त पोलीस महासंचालक-लोकसत्ता

आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतक ऱ्यांच्या कुटुंबीयांच्या मदतीला सेवानिवृत्त पोलीस महासंचालक-लोकसत्ता

प्रशांत देशमुख, वर्धा, १४ मार्च
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वर्धा जिल्ह्य़ातील ७०० व यवतमाळ जिल्ह्य़ातील १४०० अशा एकविसशे आत्महत्याग्रस्त शेतकऱ्यांच्या कुटुंबास तूर्तास दर महिन्यास आर्थिक मदत आणि वर्षभराने या कुटुंबाचे कायमस्वरूपी आर्थिक पुनर्वसन करण्याचा प्रयत्न राज्याचे माजी पोलीस महासंचालक अनामी रॉय यांच्या ‘वंदना’ या संस्थेमार्फ त सुरू झाला आहे. संकटाचे आभाळ कोसळलेल्या या शेतकऱ्यांप्रती ही आमची एक छोटीशी वंदना होय, असे वरिष्ठदर्जाच्या सेवानिवृत्त एखाद्या पोलीस अधिकाऱ्याने सामाजिक कार्यात असा सक्रिय होण्याचा मान संपादन करणाऱ्या अनामी रॉय यांनी सांगितले.
येथील बजाजवाडीतील वृक्षांच्या छायेखाली आज एक छोटेखानी समारंभ गाजावाजा न करता आयोजित करण्यात आला होता. या कार्यक्रमात आत्महत्या झालेल्या शेतकरी कुटुंबातील विधवा, पित्याचे छत्र हरवलेली मुले, कुटुंबातील मुलांना एकमेव आधार असणारे त्यांचे आजोबा उपस्थित झाले होते. वंदना संस्थेने गेल्या चार महिन्यात केलेल्या सर्वेक्षणातून प्राधान्याने या कुटुंबांची निवड केली गेली.
साध्या व्यासपीठावर अनामी रॉय, बजाज प्रतिष्ठानच्या मीनल बजाज व अ.वि.जोशी व गांधी विचार प्रतिष्ठानचे भरत महोदय उपस्थित होते. एकूण ६५ कुटुंबांना मदत देण्यात आली. प्रत्येकीस एक हजार रुपये दर महिना याप्रमाणे आगामी बारा महिन्याचे धनादेश बजाज यांच्या हस्ते सुपुर्द करण्यात आले. यावेळी यादीतील नावे स्वत: वाचून रॉय शेतकरी विधवांशी संवादही साधत होते. कुटुंबाची स्थिती, मुलांचे शिक्षण, उदरनिर्वाहाचे साधन, याबाबत माहिती घेतानाच त्यांनी भविष्यातही मदत करू. धीर सोडू नका, असा सहानुभूतीचा शब्द दिला. कुणाचेही भाषण झाले नाही. धनादेशाचे वाटप संपल्यावर सोबत आणलेल्या जेवणाचे तयार डबे त्यांनी प्रत्येकाला जवळ जाऊन दिले. दूरवरून आलेल्या या महिलांनी कार्यक्रम स्थळीच जेवणाचा आनंद घेतला. कार्यक्रम संपला. कधीच धनादेश न पाहणाऱ्या विधवांना त्याबाबत रॉय यांनी स्वत: माहिती दिली. बँकेत खाते उघडण्यास सांगितले. अडचणी आल्यास माझ्याशी संपर्क साधा, असे सांगून स्वत:चा भ्रमणध्वनी क्रमांक देत त्यांनी आश्वस्त केले. एका अडचणीतील महिलेला खाते काढण्यासाठी जवळचे दोनशे रुपये देणाऱ्या रॉय यांनी या प्रसंगाचे छायाचित्र घेऊ देणे नम्रपणे नाकारले.
‘छायाचित्र नको. कारण, त्यामुळे प्रसिद्धी होते. आधीच अडचणीत असणाऱ्या महिलांना अशी मदत मिळते म्हटल्यावर तिच्याकडे नातेवाईकांचा ससेमिरा सुरू होतो. मिळालेली मदत तिला नकोशी होती’, असा आपला अनुभव असल्याचे अनामी रॉय यावेळी म्हणाले. या उपक्रमाबाबत कार्यक्रम झाल्यावर खास लोकसत्ताशी रॉय यांनी संवाद साधला. ‘निवृत्त झाल्यावर मोठमोठय़ा नोकरीच्या ऑफ र्स आल्या, पण त्या नाकारल्या. नोकरीत असतानाच सामाजिक ऋण फे डण्याचा विचार सुरू झालेला होता. त्यामुळेच वंदना संस्थेची कल्पना साकारली. मुंबईतल्या झोपडपट्टीवासीयांसाठी काम सुरू आहे. मात्र, विदर्भातील शेतकऱ्यांच्या आत्महत्येची समस्या वारंवार माध्यमातून वाचायला, बघायला मिळत होती म्हणून या प्रश्नाकडे वळलो. वर्धा व यवतमाळ हे सर्वाधिक आत्महत्याग्रस्त जिल्हे आहेत म्हणून त्यांची निवड केली. चार पाच महिन्यापूर्वी सर्वेक्षण केले. अनेक कुटुंबांशी बोललो. समस्येची भयावहता कळली. त्यानुसार प्राधान्य ठरवून कुटुंबांना मदतीचा हात देणे सुरू केले आहे. वर्षभर ही मदत मिळेल. मात्र, त्याने प्रश्न सुटणार नाही म्हणून कुटुंबातील सदस्यांच्या क्षमतेनुसार त्याचे कायमस्वरूपी आर्थिक स्वावलंबन साधेल, अशी रोजगार स्वरूपात मदत करण्याचे ठरवले आहे. एका गावातील एका महिलेला विचारले, म्हैस घेऊन देऊ कां? तर ती उत्तरली, आमचेच खायचे वांधे आहेत. म्हशीसाठी कुठून चारा आणू? तर, दुसऱ्या एका महिलेने मात्र, बकऱ्या द्या. त्यांना पोसून व पिल्लांची विक्री करून भागेल, असे ती म्हणाली. काहीना शिवणयंत्र देण्याचा विचार आहे. गावातल्याच घरी ती काही करू शकेल. मुलांना शिकवू शकेल. असा मदत देण्याचा प्रयत्न आहे.’
वर्धा जिल्ह्य़ाची निवड कां, या प्रश्नावर रॉय म्हणाले, ‘बजाज प्रतिष्ठानशी आमचा समन्वय आहे. त्यामुळे वर्धेत काम करणार असल्याचे कळल्यावर त्यांनी स्वत: मदतीचा हात दिला. वध्र्याला पोलीस अधीक्षक होतो पण, आत्महत्यांची तीव्र समस्या हेच प्रमुख कारण आहे. मदतीसाठी माझाच व्यक्तिगत पैसा नाही. उद्योगसमूह, देणगीदार, स्वयंसेवी संस्था अशांच्या माध्यमातून पैसा उभा होतो. आपण विश्वस्ताच्या भूमिकेतून पुढाकार घेतला आहे, असे नमूद करीत रॉय यांनी हा ‘पोलीसवाला’ पैसा नसल्याचे जणू अप्रत्यक्ष सूचित केले. ४० वर्ष महाराष्ट्रात काढली. आता येथेच निवृत्तीनंतर काम नाही करणार, तर कुठे करणार, असेही ते म्हणाले.

या संवादानंतर कार्यक्रमासाठी आलेल्या शेतकरी कुटुंबातील नीलिमा नावाच्या बारा वर्षे वयाच्या निरागस मुलीने रॉय यांना प्रश्न केला, मी तर तुमच्या मदतीतून शिकेल, पण माझ्या आई व आजीचा सांभाळ करण्यासाठी माझ्या भावाला नोकरी लावून द्या नं? भविष्याची चाहुल घेणाऱ्या या प्रश्नावर रॉय यांनीही तत्परतेने प्रतिसाद दिला. एका महिन्यात तुझ्या भावाला कुठेतरी लावून देतो. निश्चिंत राहा. आत्महत्यानंतर सहानुभूती दर्शवण्यास कॅमेऱ्यासह येणाऱ्या नेत्यांपेक्षा आज आलेला मदतीचा हात निश्चितच घर सावरणारा आहे, असा भाव महिलांच्या चेहऱ्यावर यावेळी टिपायला मिळाला. आदिवासी विद्यार्थ्यांना सैनिकी शिक्षण घेण्यासाठी राज्याचे सेवानिवृत्त पोलीस महासंचालक जोग यांनी याआधी पुढाकार घेतला त्यानंतर अनामी रॉय हे दुसरे पोलीस अधिकारी आहेत.

‘Maharashtra Economic Survey’ before Budget 2011-12- ‘State is all set for fiscal Collapse’

‘Maharashtra Economic Survey’ before Budget 2011-12- ‘State is all set for fiscal Collapse’

‘Maharashtra Economic Survey’ before Budget 2011-12- ‘State is all set for fiscal Collapse’

Nagpur- Nagpur- 13th March 2010,

Golden jubilee year of Maharashtra year 2010-11 has further deepen the economic crisis of the state and all tall claims of brining the state economy on road map of development even state is set collect 20% more revenue from tax prayers but one time progressive state is set to face fiscal collapse .there is no mega project of giving employment to youth has started moreover major job giving heavy and labor oriented industries have either closed or shifted to nearby Gujarat ,as per official estimate state has lost 10 million record skilled and unskilled jobs even when Maharashtra was claiming 10 million additional job in it’s golden jubilee year as major jolt came state mega flagship project ‘MIHAN’ in Nagpur failed to take off even after decade of the land acquisition .

In the half fiscal year Maharashtra got new Chief Minister Purthiviraj Chavan as true agent of MNCs and strong promoter neo-globalization policies and well set agenda of 10,janpath to remove obstacles in disputed projects and promotion of anti-farmer and anti-poor policies has created more distress and despair Agrarian crisis part of Maharashtra, the back door entry of MOS in PMO has strengthen the Groupism in congress widen which is working against economic interest of Maharashtra.NCP control taken by Ajit Pawar has set agenda to grab the power of it’s own has further weaken the administrative control in the state .uncontrolled corruption of NCP ministers in PDF government has given very bad signals corporate companies .infact it’s free for all environment in Maharashtra Govt. bring the state to threshold of economic collapse.

Major cash crop cotton and sugarcane suffered set back and crepe and onion growers added fuel to state agriculture economy which retarded the state GDP by 2% .Maharashtra is state where budget allotted by the central Govt. for tribal devlopement, NRHM, MGREGA, AIBP and fund allotted for social welfare ,food security and women and child development is freely diverted for the salaries of babus and staff as morethan 90% state earning is going in the staff salaries and payment of huge debt crossing Rs.2.4 lakhs crore ,this is too serious fisal condition to stop it from collapse needs mega ‘bail out package’ to survive , Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti(VJAS) president kishor Tiwari informed today regarding economic collapse of Maharashtra and urged central Govt. intervention to avoid systematic failure of fiscal structure of Maharashtra ..

I-OFFICIAL DEBT IS CROSSING THE 2 .4 LAKHS CRORE MARK

II.THIS YEAR MORE THAN 10 MILLION JOB LOST IN MAHARASHTRA.

III.DROP IN FOOD PRODUCTION BY 36%

IV.SEVERE HEALTH, EMPLOYMENT AND GROUND WATER CRISIS IN RURAL MAHARASHTRA.

V. NO MEGA PROJECT OR SEZ HAS STARTED.

VI. MARGINAL INCREASE IN POWER WHERE AS AROUND 1000MW POWER PLANTS CLOSE DOWN.

VII. 3MILLION BPL FAMILIES DELETED FROM FOOD SECURITY AND HEALTH AND SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME

VIII.-STATE FAILED TO CRATE ROAD AND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AS PLANED.

When in August 2009 it’s first economic survey before submitting the budget Maharashtra Govt. has admitted that state is not economic growth map when it was told that last year Maharashtra lost 2 million jobs in the year 2008-2009,food grain production dropped by 25% before drought has been declared ,outstanding debt mounting to Rs.1,58,520 crore, interest payment on debt is Rs. 12,953 crore,30% drop in employment provided under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), poverty ratio in the State is 30.7 per cent as against All-India average of 27.5 percent and more than 6000 farm suicides and lacs of tribal’s death due to malnutrition and starvation but same time rosy picture was shown regarding massive job creation and investments in infrastructure ,increase in food crop production ,reduction in the debt and restoration basic facilities to poor like food ,shelter, health ,education and rural employment ,industrial growth but nothing has happened and economical crisis further deepen and in the golden jubilee year of it’s formation Maharashtra is set to face worst economic crisis and fiscal collapse due to poor governance and massive corruption in ministry , Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti(VJAS) president kishor added.

VJAS has drawn the attention towards the wet drought situation in more than 50,000 villages that has effected sharply drop in kharif and raby crop and first food production has like to be drop below 94 lakh MT first time in history of Maharashtra . last year it was told that Total 14,957 industrial projects with an investment of Rs. 5,04,689 crore and employment potential of about 27.54 lakh have been registered with the GoI to set up units in the State till the end of December, 2010 but gloomy fact is that out of these, not single mega project as operational till today as same is not reflected in the economic growth and employment job डाटा of the state is retarding very fast। The compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for the last five years for investments in registered and commissioned projects is more than 17 and 3 per cent respectively but in ground reality nothing has happened that cause of worry .

‘As ex -Maharashtra chief Minster Ashok Chavan was half year busy in land allotments and land lease ,New Chief Minister Purthiviraj Chavan is busy since taking oath to under stand problems of state and likely to another 3-4 years to under stand same that created more chaos in the debt ridden state ,the communication gap in his co-partners and executive and uncontrolled corruption has put state on ‘economic collapse.in order to keep ‘MR.CLEAN ’ image intact CM is not even clearing files that has retarded the decision making process and created fishy situation in Mantralaya’ Kishore Tiwari said

Kishore Tiwari of VJAS has asked today to central Govt. to review economic crisis in Maharashtra due to uncontrolled plan and unplanned expenses of state Govt. and on going fiscal deficit of state Govt. executive control is missing and corruption in administration is at it’s peak hence fiscal monitoring and central review is needed.

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दारूबंदीसाठी झटणाऱ्या दलित महिलेचा हत्तेची जबाबदारी गृहमंत्री आबा पाटिल यानि घ्यावी - न्यायालयीन चौकशीची विदर्भ जनांदोलन समितीची

दारूबंदीसाठी झटणाऱ्या दलित महिलेचा हत्तेची जबाबदारी गृहमंत्री आबा पाटिल यानि घ्यावी - न्यायालयीन चौकशीची विदर्भ जनांदोलन समितीची

नागपुर -१२ मार्च २०११

भंडारा येथून 22 किलोमीटर अंतरावरील गोलेवाडी येथील गावठी दारूचा अड्डा बंद करण्याचा प्रयत्न करणाऱ्या मागासवर्गीय रमाबाई आंबेडकर महिला बचतगटाच्या सौ. मीनाक्षी आनंदराव दहिवले (35) या महिलेचा अवैध दारूअड्डा चालविणाऱ्याच्या मफियानी गळा दाबून खून करण्यात केल्याची भीषण घटना गुरुवारी (ता. 10) रात्री साडेनऊला घडली आसून या घटनेने अख्या विदर्भात खळबळ उडाली आहे. याप्रकरणी महाराष्ट्राचे पोलीसच जबाबदार असून गृह्मन्त्रानी आपल्या पदचा राजीनामा द्यावा अशी मागणी विदर्भा जनांदोलन समितीने केली आहे
विदर्भात 'दारुमुक्ति ' आंदोलनाचे प्रनेत्या परोमिता गोस्वामी आज गोलेवाडी येथे भेट देणार असून सौ. मीनाक्षी आनंदराव दहिवले (35) यांच्या परिवाराला भेट देणार आहेत .या खुनाचे पडसाद सपूर्ण महाराष्ट्रात पडणार असून आघाडी सरकारला सौ. मीनाक्षी आनंदराव दहिवले (35) यांच्या बलिदानाची कीमत मोजावी लागेल अशी चेतावनी विदर्भा जनांदोलन समिति दिली आहे .समिचे नेते किशोर तिवारी यानि सपूर्ण घटनेची तक्रार राष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार आयोग कड़े केली असून .या घटनेची माहिती पन्तप्रथान, मुख्यमंत्री यांचेकडे पाठविली आहे .आज विदर्भात दारुबंदी व्हावी या मागणी करीता चंद्रपुर व यवतमाल येथे प्रचंड आन्दोलन होत असून भंडारा येथेहीअनेक खेड्यात हे आन्दोलन पेटले आहे आणि दारू मफियानी दारुबंदी अन्दोलाकंचे मुद्दे पाडने सुरु केले याला सरकार व पोलीसच जबाबदार असून सरकारने सपूर्ण विदर्भात दौ बंद करावी अशी मागणी किशोर तिवारी यानि केली आहे .
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" गोलेवाडी येथील सरपंच, तंटामुक्ती समिती आणि महिला बचतगटांनी गावात दारूविक्री बंद करण्याचा निर्णय घेतला होता. गाव व परिसरातील अवैध दारूविक्रेत्यांची बैठक घेऊन त्यांना दारूविक्री अड्डे बंद करण्याची समज देण्यात आली होती . त्यानंतर काही विक्रेत्यांनी आपले अड्डे बंद केले, तर काही अड्डे सुरूच होते. त्यामुळे महिला बचतगटांनी 23 फेब्रुवारीपासून गावातील अवैध दारूअड्डे बंद करण्याची मोहीम सुरू केली. या मोहिमेला यशही आले. मात्र, गावाच्या शेवटच्या भागात राहाणाऱ्या संजय ताराचंद वैद्य याचा अवैध दारूविक्रीचा अड्डा सुरूच होता. त्या परिसरातील लोकांनी ही बाब रमाबाई आंबेडकर महिला बचतगटाच्या अध्यक्ष श्रीमती मंजिरा छन्नाभाई दहिवले यांना सांगितली. श्रीमती दहिवले यांनी बचतगटाच्या 15 महिलांसोबत संजयच्या घरी जाऊन त्यांना दारूविक्री बंद करण्याची विनंती केली. गावात दारूबंदीचा निर्णय झाला असून, तुम्ही ताबडतोब दारूविक्री बंद करा, अशी समजूत या महिला घालत असतानाच संजय वैद्य यांची कथित पत्नी सुमित्रा नामदेव मडावी (35) हिने त्या महिलांना शिवीगाळ सुरू केली. हा वाद सुरू असतानाच सुमित्राने त्या महिलांवर मिरचीची पावडर फेकली. महिलांच्या डोळ्यांत मिरचीची पूड गेल्याने त्यांना दिसेनासे झाले. याचा फायदा घेत सुमित्रा मडावीने बचतगटाच्या सदस्य सौ. मीनाक्षी आनंदराव दहिवले (35) यांना मारहाण सुरू करीत त्यांचा गळा दाबला. गळा दाबून ठेवल्याने मीनाक्षी खाली कोसळल्या. त्यांना इतर महिलांनी अड्याळ येथील ग्रामीण रुग्णालयात नेले असता, उपचारापूर्वीच डॉक्‍टरांनी त्यांना मृत घोषित केले.
सौ. मीनाक्षी आनंदराव दहिवले यांच्या परिवारल कामित कमी १० लाख रूपये मदत व कुटुम्बा मधील एकाला नौकरी देण्याची मागणी विदर्भा जन आन्दोलन समिति केली आहे .
सौ. मीनाक्षी आनंदराव दहिवले यांच्या खुनाचे पडसाद सुपूर्ण विदर्भात आदोलन स्वरूपात पडणार असून भंडारा यथे आखाड़ी सरकार विरुद्ध रंगशिग फुन्कनार असल्याची माहिती किशोर तिवारी यानीदिली

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On Women's Day, a dharna instead of celebration

T O Abraham, TNN | Mar 9, 2011, 01.23am IST
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YAVATMAL:
Over 5,000women hailing from the adjoining Yavatmal and Chandrapur districts staged a one-day dharna in front of the district collector's office on Tuesday, International Women's Day, to stress for their demand of total ban on liquor and women's self-help groups' loan waiver.

The Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti headed by Kishore Tiwari, Chandrapur based Shramik Elgar Sanghatana headed by Adv Paromita Gosawi, Sant Tukdoji Maharaj Daru Bandi Abhiyan, Savitribai Fuley Bachat Gat Karz Mukti Andolan and other organisations jointly organised the dharna.

Addressing the rally, Goswami said, "We demand for a total ban on liquor in the district of Yavatmal, the epicentre of farmers' suicide, at par with the adjoining district of Wardha." "Minister for prohibition and social justice Shivajirao Moghe represents Kelapur assembly constituency and he should declare his own home district liquor free," she said.

"Total prohibition in the entire state is the only solution for the unabated atrocities on women, snapping of family bond, exploitation of the unorganised domestic helps," she said, adding that the innocent children are the ultimate sufferers of the liquor addiction menace.

Criticising the indifferent attitude of the state government, Tiwari claimed illicit liquor trade is an uninterrupted source of revenue for the government.

Speaking to TOI later, Goswani said even young children have been lured to liquor and it is ruining the family beyond repair.

Asked what prompted her to take up the cause of prohibition, she cited three cases. "In Bhandvi village of Rajura tehsil, a woman was hit by an axe on her head because she was involved in the anti-liquor agitation. In Bhatala village of Bhadrawati, three fingers of the victim were chopped off merely because she was participating in the liquor ban agitation. In Ghosari village of Pombhurna, a female activist was severely thrashed until she fell unconscious for demanding ban on liquor," she said.

"The cops were not even ready to register an offence against the culprits. These harrowing experiences prompted me to take up the cause of liquor ban," she added.

Asked what happened to her movement in Chandrapur, she said that the state government has set up a committee under the chairmanship of district guardian minister Sanjay Deotale on February 22 to study the pros and cons of the demand and submit a report to the government within three months. "We hope the government would concede our demand for declaring Chandrapur as a liquor free district," she said.

Maharashtra CM disappoints Dying Vidarbha Farmers and Farm Widows –VJAS

Maharashtra CM disappoints Dying Vidarbha Farmers and Farm Widows –VJAS

Nagpur -5^th March 2011

Median visit of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan to Yavatmal(vidarbha)epicenter of Indian farmers suicides has disappointed as he failed to announce to any relief to dying vidarbha cotton farmers and 10.000 vidarbha farm widows and faily members while addressing the public meeting in Yavatmal in the after who earlier reviewed the vidarbha agrarian crisis with the administration, Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti(VJAS )informed in press release today

“In fact when Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan was addressing the public ,villagers of Pahapal were performing rituals of cotton farmer Pawan Dipak Khandare who committed suicide yesterday due to debt and this is the fifth farm suicide during the CM vidarbha tour in last 72 hours as 1.Raju Take of Daryapur in Aamaravati,2.Dipak Mankar of khirada in Amaravati,3.Arjun Shelake of Tigha in Buldhana and 4.Mohan Shinde of Sawali in Chandrapur Suicides were reported taking toll to 87 in year 2011”Tiwari informed.

“It was expected that in first visit to dying field of vidarbha Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan wull provide healing touch to 3 million cotton farmer but nothing has been done by him .he sould have given food security, health security and family pension to the families of farmers who committed suicides n last decade and farm widows are agitating for the same. this is very unfortunate” Tiwari said.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan has completely salient on the going atrocities of MSDL by restarting the Agir. Discussion drive in last two days and disconnected more 1100 Agri. connections of farmers defaulting the dues who have opted for Rabbi crop as Govt. of Maharashtra policy and orders ,most of farmers are from suicide effected west vidarbha as this was not enough the land development bank has started auctioning tractors of Yavatmal farmers who have been listed as ‘willful default’ even they petition in pending in Nagpur bench of Mumbai High court .These suicides are being triggered by state Govt. as they have restarted forcible recovery drive of bankers debt and started forcible recovery of last five years agriculture pump bills after disconnecting the power supply is the main cause of these suicides, Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti(VJAS )informed in press release today

‘In Yavatmal district alone reported more than 1000 farm suicides in since June 2005 where as vidarbha reported 10,000 farm suicides in that period but while the review of vidarbha crisis Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan is not discussing agrarian crisis with official where as he has not visited single farm family in which bread earner has committed suicide recently ,this is very unfortunate .we urge him to visit the dying farm widows and staving tribal of west vidarbha ’ Kishore Tiwari added.

‘This year for kharif season 2010-11 cotton production as area under cultivation of Bt.cotton is above 110 lakhs hector and it was estimated and reported by Indian Council Agri. Research(ICAR-CICR) the yield of 375 lakh bales but in reality the cotton crop is lowest in the India and cotton growers of vidarbha are in deep trouble as excessive and record rain and massive floods in cotton cultivating areas which has damaged most of standing Bt.cotton crop and excessive rain has jumped the cultivation cost to double, but expected yield has been reduce to 50% that has disturbed the cotton economy at large ’Kishor Tiwari of VJAS added.

‘VJAS urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan to review the complete collapse of Nationa Rural Health Mission (NRHM) ,Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Programme(MGNREGA),massive corruption and malfunction in Integrated Tribal Development Programmer(ITDP)and Integrated Child development Scheme(ICDS )’Tiwari addd.

As Maharashtra CM’s Review of Vidarbha continue– vidarbha farm suicides, 1100 Agri. disconnection and forcible ‘Bank Recoveries’ continue

As Maharashtra CM’s Review of Vidarbha continue– vidarbha farm suicides, 1100 Agri. disconnection and forcible ‘Bank Recoveries’ continue

Nagpur -4^TH March 2011

When Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan was reviewing the vidarbha crisis in Gondia and Wardha on 2 and 3 rd March, four more farmer suicides reported in these days taking toll to 87 in year 2011

The recent victims of vidarbha agrarian crisis are

1.Raju Take of Daryapur in Aamaravati

2.Dipak Mankar of khirada in Amaravati

3.Arjun Shelake of Tigha in Buldhana

4.Mohan Shinde of Sawali in Chandrapur

MSDL has restarted in Agir. Discussion drive in last two days and disconnected more 1100 Agri. connections of farmers defaulting the dues who have opted for Rabbi crop as Govt. of Maharashtra policy and orders ,most of farmers are from suicide effected west vidarbha as this was not enough the land development bank has started auctioning tractors of Yavatmal farmers who have been listed as ‘willful default’ even they petition in pending in Nagpur bench of Mumbai High court .These suicides are being triggered by state Govt. as they have restarted forcible recovery drive of bankers debt and started forcible recovery of last five years agriculture pump bills after disconnecting the power supply is the main cause of these suicides, Kishor Tiwari of Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti(VJAS )informed in press release today

‘In Yavatmal district alone reported more than 1000 farm suicides in since June 2005 where as vidarbha reported 10,000 farm suicides in that period but while the review of vidarbha crisis Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan is not discussing agrarian crisis with official where as he has not visited single farm family in which bread earner has committed suicide recently ,this is very unfortunate .we urge him to visit the dying farm widows and staving tribals of west vidarbha ’ Kishore Tiwari added.

‘This year for kharif season 2010-11 cotton production as area under cultivation of Bt.cotton is above 110 lakhs hector and it was estimated and reported by Indian Council Agri. Research(ICAR-CICR) the yield of 375 lakh bales but in reality the cotton crop is lowest in the India and cotton growers of vidarbha are in deep trouble as excessive and record rain and massive floods in cotton cultivating areas which has damaged most of standing Bt.cotton crop and excessive rain has jumped the cultivation cost to double, but expected yield has been reduce to 50% that has disturbed the cotton economy at large ’Kishor Tiwari of VJAS added.

‘VJAS urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Prathiraj Chavan to review the complete collapse of Nationa Rural Health Mission (NRHM) ,Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Programme(MGNREGA),massive corruption and malfunction in Integrated Tribal Development Programmer(ITDP)and Integrated Child development Scheme(ICDS )’Tiwari addd.
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Ban liquor plea gains steam in Yavatmal-TIMES OF INDIA

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Ban liquor plea gains steam in Yavatmal

TNN, Mar 4, 2011, 02.15am IST

NAGPUR: Several non-government organisations have joined hands to demand a total ban on liquor in Yavatmal, a district known as epicenter of farmers suicide crisis in the country. The groups — Bharat Swabhiman Trust of Baba Ramdev, Gurudev Sewa Mandal founded by Tukdoji Maharaj, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samiti and Vidarbha Rajya Sangharsh Samiti, Shramik Elgar — have threatened to organise a massive women's protest on March 8 if the government does not respond to the demand by then. Addressing a joint press conference in Yavatmal on Thursday, the groups said that official reports bear the fact that the liquor consumption in the district had recorded a whopping 10 fold increase in the last five years — from 2.4 million litres a year to 24 million.

Addiction to liquor was identified as one of the reasons causing social problems and distress that drove farmers to suicide in Yavatmal. In fact, when Narayan Rane was revenue minister he had raised this issue in the state assembly after the then district collector Sanjay Deshmukh reported the alarming rise in liquor consumption.

"But instead of taking any corrective action, the government has allowed country liquor licence owners to shift location from one village to another if they faced any public protest. Besides there is alarming rise in illicit liquor distillation. All this has destroyed social fabric and a large number of families suffer when the bread earner becomes victim of addiction," said Dinesh Rathod and Ramesh Thakre of Bharat Swabhiman.

"State BJP president Sudhir Mungantiwar has supported the prohibition demand and written to Chief Minister Prithiviraj Chavan. So have Yavatmal MLA Nilesh Parvekar, deputy speaker Vasant Purke, who hails from that district. If the government does not accept our demand, on international Women's Day (March 8), we will take out a massive march to the district collectorate to register our protest," said Kishore Tiwari of VJAS.

"We do not need any committee to destudy the grave implications of excessive drinking in the district, prohibition should be imposed before more damage is caused," said Paromita Goswami of Shramik Elgar.