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Lawyer, Freelance Journalist/@Laadli_pf 2022 🏆 Words in @PARInetwork @Newsclickin @Indiejmag
Apr 24, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
LISTEN TO THIS!

Keep aside your sustainability jargons!

This is real!

Attaching the English transcription along with this video

"Government is not at all understanding the reason why we are protesting from last 2 years because we are poor farmers. (1) We live in these hills, even if we don’t bring food for 4 days, we can live here, because we can eat the herbage, we can eat the leaves, plants and fruits and survive. We don’t have to bring cooked food to survive. If this project comes here, we will not be able to live here (2)
Apr 24, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Sequence of events happening in Barsu Solegaon Panchakroshi, the proposed refinery area.
1. On 18-19th villagers get the news that heavy police deployment will be stationed in the area to carry out surveys for the petrochemical refinery project despite village resolutions. 2. On 22nd night, 2 leading voices from the movement, Satyajit Chavan and Mangesh Chavan were put in preventive detention. Leader of the Refinery virodhi Sanghtna Amol Bole has been prohibited from entering or moving around Rajapur taluka, his home tehsil.
Apr 19, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read
Maharashtra is facing a deadly heatwave. Government's negligence has already caused death of 13+ people in Navi Mumbai and hundreds are in Hospital.

But do you know what the Maharashtra Government is upto?

Thread..... They are planning to conduct surveys in Rajapur area for the Saudi Aramco backed biggest petrochemical refinery project in the world.
According to sources on ground, around 1500-2000 police force will be deployed against the protesting villagers in coming days.
Feb 7, 2023 11 tweets 3 min read
'Shashikant Warise'
Have you heard of Shashikant Warise, the journalist? Chances are that you haven't. Because he is not a mainstream journalist from Mumbai or Delhi or any of the metros.
But his work was 100 times more important than any of the mainstream media journalists (1) Shashikant Warise gave voice to the farmers and fisherfolks of Ratangiri through 'Mahanagari Times', especially in the light of massive propaganda drive against the villagers of Barsu Solegaon Panchakroshi who are protesting against the proposed refinery project. (2)