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MANGALORE
Resistance Against a Special Economic Zone

Overview Photo Series and Articles


 Truck loads of mud on the paddy fields.




Destruction for Special Economic Zone (SEZ)  More photos and article

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 Nice houses, but no land. Now people have to buy everything on the market, what they got for free from their own garden earlier.




Some villagers got a new house a brand new village. It is called a Rehabilitation Colony. More photos and articles

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  At October 2008 the government put truckloads mud on farmers' fields and destroyed their crops.




Dumping Mud on Farmers' Fields  More photos and articles

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 Villagers (women, men, and children) blocked the road together with activists from Mangalore and religious leaders.




Protest Against the Dumping of the Mud  More photos and articles

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 A criminal, working for the constructor, attacked the visiting hindu leader and several tribals.




Attack of a Goon  More photos and articles

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 Painters went to the villages, had discussions with farmers and made paintings.




Artists' Support  More photos and articles

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 Villagers tell their story.




Protest Conference in the city of Mangalore. More photos and articles

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 Time to plant out the paddy (rice).




Yekkaru will not leave  The villagers are well decided. More photos and articles


Photos: Krishi Bhoomi Samrakshana Samiti and Peasant Autonomy - Creative Commons