Medha calls for people’s protest against SilverLine
The Hindu
‘How can a project that leaves thousands of people homeless be a green one?’
Terming the SilverLine project anti-democratic and corporate-friendly, social activist Medha Patkar has called for a mass protest at the ground level by people transcending party lines.
She was addressing a campaign organised by the K-Rail SilverLine Viruddha Janakeeya Samithi here on Friday. “If we have to change the development paradigm, we need people’s struggles. Legal battle along with ground-level struggles is needed against K-Rail,” she said.
“It is sad that a Left government that did great work during the floods and the pandemic has given a statement that the K-Rail is a green project. How can a project, which leaves thousands of people homeless and destroys so much agriculture land be a green project?” she asked.