GUJARAT VISHTHAPIT SANKALAN SAMITI GUJARAT
You must have heard that politicians in Gujarat have determined to make it the number one industrialised state in the country. An investment of Rs. 90,000 crores are slated for industrial development. 20-25 organisations have come together to put their issues before the government. But nothing has come of it. We have begun a process whereby regional meetings are held in different areas. The samiti also organised a sammelan last year when 400 people from different areas came together. There are mainly 4-5 types of displacements- due to dams, canals, big industries and mining. In North Gujarat big dams have been constructed on all rivers, it is a big issue for downstream villages. Desertification in Kutchh has led to large numbers of people having to leave their lands and move on to other places.