Meet resolves to demand revocation of MoUs signed during NEDS

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Dec 8

The North East Peoples’ Vision 2040 has resolved to pressure the Central government to revoke all MoUs signed during the two days North East Development Submits, 2017 with various companies and countries for the mining of oil, uranium, and other natural resources found in North Eastern states.

The one-day North East Peoples’ Vision 2010 held today at the Classic Hotel, Imphal, was organised by North East Dialogue Forum to reflect and rethink alternative development perspectives in the North East.

The meeting expressed concerns over the recent flood in Manipur and Nagaland that cost the lives of more than 150 villagers and destroyed thousands of hectares of paddy crop, on account of the release of water from Ranganadi Hydro Power Project without warning, and the impounding of flood water by Ithai barrage of the Loktak Project.

The meeting also said the Ithai barrage has caused submergence of more than 83 thousands hectares of paddy land.

The meeting also resolved that the Central government should decommission Ranganadi Hydro Power Project and Loktak Project and revoke all the MoUs signed to build dams in river of North East.

Expressing concerned over the imposition of AFSPA-1958 in North East , where security forces routinely commit gross human rights violation like rape, murder, extrajudicial execution, enforced disappearances of captives and many more, it has decided to urge the Central government to repeal AFSPA immediately.

It stated that many children below five years of South West Khasi Hill area in Meghalaya are reportedly hospitalised every month and more than 100 children were born deformed as a result of uranium mining in their backyard.

The meeting resolved to urge the Central government to form an SIT to conduct a study on Criminal Justice System in North East with regards to criminal cases and violence against women under the climate of impunity introduced by AFSPA.

It further stated that they will demand compensation and psychosocial support for women victims of violence under the AFSPA.

The resolution also strongly urged that India and other nations to ratify the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and the UN treaty to prohibit unclear weapons. Nuclear energy programme should be even considered as alternative energy, the meeting said.

Later Anthony Debbarma from Tripura, P.B.M. Busaiucomoit from Meghalaya and U. Nabakishore from Manipur who attended the meeting as presidium members disclosed that the adopted resolutions will be submitted to Prime Ministe, Narendra Modi, Ministries of Mining and Atomic Energy, all the chief ministers of North East states and to the concerned embassies of different countries in New Delhi for appropriate action.