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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Deocha Coal Project: ‘Vigil’ by Police, TMC Cadres Creating ‘Fear Psychosis’ Among Adivasis -Rabindra Nath Sinha

Deocha Coal Project: ‘Vigil’ by Police, TMC Cadres Creating ‘Fear Psychosis’ Among Adivasis -Rabindra Nath Sinha

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published Published on Feb 28, 2022   modified Modified on Mar 1, 2022

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CM Mamata Banerjee has started handing over compensation packages, but SKM and other outfits have accused it of bypassing holding of gram sabhas.

Kolkata: The Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal block under Mohammed Bazar Development Block in Birbhum district is fast becoming a “symbol of the West Bengal government’s high-handedness”. So much so that local residents, a large number of whom are adivasis/santhals, are being cautious in airing their concerns about the proposed coal mine.

This is because the police are keeping a close watch on people who they suspect are against the project and, therefore, will be reluctant to part with their land. Police are also against visits by civil society members and social activists at the site to articulate the concerns of local residents stemming from a sense of insecurity.

In recent times, outfits that have organised protests at the site and those which have issued statements condemning the “repressive” role of the police and have also sought the release of arrested activists, include the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union, Teachers Against Climate Crisis and Bangla Sanskriti Mancha.

For taking part in a march against ‘land grab’ organised on February 20, police filed criminal cases, charging nine activists with attempt to abduct, murder etc.

Aiding and abetting this fear psychosis is the ‘dadagiri’ of ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) cadres who regularly take out bike rallies to ensure that discordant voices do not grow and upset Didi’s  (Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee) move  to industrialise the area.

The TMC cadres are, in fact, following Banerjee’s well-known tactics – the right to protest and agitate is hers when she is in the Opposition, the right to put down protests and agitations is hers when she is in power.

It is alleged that TMC has also weakened the project opposition ranks by ‘inducing’ some independent adivasi leaders, who had some reservations, to defect to the party.

This is how political observers and social activists summed up what is happening at the site of the proposed coal mine being promoted by the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Ltd.

Fast-paced administrative actions by Nabanna (state secretariat) since last November explain the context of the prevailing situation at the coal block site. On the basis of the feedback given by the nine-member apex committee headed by well-known actor Parambrata Chattopadhyayay with chemical engineer Tanmoy Ghosh as convener, Nabanna notified on November 16 a relief and rehabilitation (R&R) package for land owners and other “sufferers” to set in motion the land acquisition process.

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Newsclick.in, 28 February, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/deocha-coal-project-vigil-police-tmc-cadres-creating-fear-psychosis-among-adivasis


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