Letters
of Endorsement to the Dec 2003 appeal to the Chief Minister and Press
release to shelve the BMIC project 1 Reg.:
Appeal to Shelve BMIC Project permanently Respected
Sir, As
a concerned citizen and a frequent visitor to Bangalore and Karnataka,
it is my duty to express my displeasure of the ill-planned projects,
current and past, undertaken by the state - be it the BMIC or on the
other hand the ""illegal"" mining in the Kudremukh.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT UNDER YOUR ABLE LEADERSHIP, KARNATAKA WILL BECOME
A BEACON OF HOPE TO INDIA, BE IT SOFTWARE EXPORTS OR ""HUMAN
RIGHTS"". YES, HUMAN RIGHTS. I IMPLORE YOU TO BECOME ""THE""
CHAMPION OF THE FARMER, THE COMMON MAN; OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD
IN THIS GREAT STATE. Please
allow me to bring forth and endorse the appeal made by the Environment
Support Group of Bangalore Yours
sincerely, sd/ Dr.
Chakradhar Iyyunni 2 "You
can add my name to the endorsement" 3 "This
is a life and death issue for our fragile environment and impoverished
farmers. Please circulate it among as many friends of yours as possible.
Also write emails enclosing the appeal to Karnataka CM and other officials.
Email ids are given in the covering mail sent by ESG( Environment
Support Group)" Regards Prakash
Nayak 4 Endorsement
by Esha Shah 5 "
Nowhere in the world you can find such a -------- website
(www.nicelimited.com) which does not tell even a single line of what
they are doing. No
wonder a few individuals profit very big time from these ventures and
no wonder Mercedes and BMWs are top selling cars in Bangalore. You
are doing a great job in opposing this useless/damaging/spineless project" Balal One
Respondent on discussion group - Natural History of South Asia
- General discussion and research 6 Balachandran
Ramachandran 7 Sacha
Weinberg 8 Prashant
Jawlikar, Fremont California, [email protected] Srividhya
Venkatraman, Saratoga, California, [email protected] Rajesh
Veerraghavan, Saratoga, California, [email protected] Mathirajan
Manoharan, Sunnyvale, California, [email protected] 9 Sapana
Rawat 10 Rajan
Patil 11 Endorsement
Letter of ESG's appeal on BMIC's project Srinivas
Krovvidy 12 Swati
Sircar
Box 354350, Dept of Math, UW 206-240-6058
USA www.math.washington.edu/~sircar 13 Kathyayini
Chamaraj 14 Vikram
Hiresavi 15 "I
wish you well in your struggle to achieve rational urban development
in Bangalore and beyond. Christine
Furedy, D. Phil. 16 Ullaash
Kumar.R.K
Freelance Journalist, Wildlifer. 17 "
Please go ahead and put my name to your petition" Dr
Janaki Nair Phone:
2462 5794/95 18 19 20 Raj
Waghray 21 22 "We
appeal to you (the CM) to take an appropriate decision in the interest
of all. Promoting a Railway corridor would be a better idea , alternative
simultaneously strengthening and rationalizing the existing road links
between Bangalore and Mysore- 4 laning of SH 17 would be a feasible
alternative ."
Rajesh 23 Dear
Mr. Chief Minister, I
strongly endorse the appeal made by the Environment Support Group to
drop the Bangalore Mysore Industrial Corridor proposal altogether. Widening
the existing road and improving the rail link to Mysore would be a more
balanced alternative. Please
find the appeal attached to this e-mail. I
would greatly appreciate your consideration of this appeal. Regards, Ramchandar
Krishnamurthy. 24 S.
Laxman 25 "Got
your email. I have forwarded it. I hope to get some replies and send
a email later with the first batch of signatures. People
who send me their oks later, I shall send a second batch a day after
until the signatures stop coming" Gautam
Sridhara 26 Tulika
A. Narayan 27 Respected
Shri S M Krishna, I
enclose herewith a copy of the appeal sent to you by the members of
the Environment Support Group, Bangalore urging you to consider shelving
the BMIC project permenantly. I endorse their appeal completely, and
urge you to consider it seriously in the interest of all concerned. Sincerely, 28 Chandra
& A.J.Ravikumar 29 Dwijendra
Nath Guru. 30 "Dear
progress oriented C.M, Please
abandon the BMIC project for reasons stated by ESG in their letter dated
December 17, 2003. P.C.Alexander "
Puthenkuzihil C Alexander" 31 "
I strongly reject this idea of making a express 6 lane
roads, they create more problkems than the utility. State is already
lost most of the fertile lands in the name of development. we don`t
want to lose our land for this type of development" 32 D.
Narasimha Rao 33 "Sir, I
am very glad you are going ahead with the widening of the current Bangaloe-Mysore
highway (SH-17). At the same time, I urge you to abandon the BMIC project.
I am endorsing the appeal from ESG which is attached. I
also request you to ensure that the KRDCL and the forest dept ensure
planting of native species of trees in place of thousands of old wonderful
trees felled since January of 2003, for widening the SH-17. Thanking
you, Yours
sincerely, Bangalore 34 "
We
have emailed & faxed to the letters as per your request. I have
also forwarded to various list/s in Delhi also" Nirmala
Karunan
Manager - Public Relations / Political Affairs, Greenpeace 35 Anita
Balasubramanian Chennai 36
Kirtana Kumar - Theatre person & Documentary Film-maker 37 38 Respected
Sir, I
have had the opportunity to follow developments regarding the Bangalore
Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project proposed by M/s Nandi Infrastructure
Corridor Enterprise Ltd. (www.nicelimited.com). I have also had a chance
to note your own opinions on this matter in various press statements.
Further, the recent High Court decision to quash land acquisition for
townships, while allowing for construction of the peripheral road, link
road, service road, and ramps, raises the question of a sharp increase
in toll rates to offset decline in revenues that the townships would
have generated. These roads, simply put, will be out of reach of a majority
of people. I
would like to endorse ESG's (Environment Support Group) appeal to shelve
the BMIC project immediately, and urge you to take further steps towards
improving the existing highway system between Bangalore and Mysore. Sincerely, 39 "The
BMIC Project must be shelved" Fr.
Hank Nunn 40 Respected
Sir, I
am a Kannadiga who lives in the US and volunteer with AID on grassroots
development projects in India. I support the efforts of ESG to ensure
equity for all as development in Karnataka is accelerated. Respectfully, 41 Gorrepati
Samyuktha 42 "We,
the members of Navadarshanam Trust, working in the field of ecological
and spiritual regeneration, fully endorse the following appeal spearheaded
by the ESG group" 43 Vaijayanti
Gupta 44 Veena
Kulkarni 45 Association
for India's Development - Milwaukee Chapter R
Krishna, Aruna Talapatra, Saeed Nayeem, Kasturi Raghunatha, Ashish Ranjan,
kamayani keki kamayani
keki [email protected] 46 "The
purpose for which you have set out will lose its sight if you are giving
credence to the people like our ex PM. Carry on your crusade with out
highlighting politicians. It is common knowledge that all politicians
including HDD are opportunists & corrupt. [email protected] 47
Department of Mathematics
University of Houston
Houston, TEXAS 77204-3008
[email protected]
17 December 2003
manoj saranathan
#791, 9th A Main Road,
Indiranagar 1st Stage
Bangalore - 560038
Tel: 5288458
[email protected]
" Please
find attached an endorsement from Association for India's Development,
College Paek chapter"
Seattle, WA 98195-4350,
[email protected]
Senior Scholar & Professor Emerita
Urban Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
[Associate, Institute of Environmental Studies, U. of Toronto]
[email protected]
26, 14th Cross, Vignan Nagar,
New Thippasandra Post
Bangalore- 560 075.
Mobile: 98450-73826.
Senior Fellow
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences
R I Baishnabghata Patuli Township
Kolkata 700 094
[email protected]
Sunil Laxman
Seattle, USA
[email protected]
[email protected]
Infosys Technologies Ltd,
Bangalore.
[email protected]
Phone: 301 592 1440 Office
Phone: 301 913 0553
Indu Chakravarthy
Chandra
shekara N Gowda
Visiting Faculty
Indian Institute of Management
Banerghatta Rd
Bangalore 560076
Tel: (80) 699-3106
Fax: (80) 658-4050
email: [email protected]
[email protected], [email protected]
Krishnamurthy Nagarajan
3360, 13 ""B"" Main, Indiranagar
Bangalore - 560 038.
Tel: +91-80-51154861 - 66
Fax: +91-80-51154862.
Mob: 9845535412 (0) 9810202105.
[email protected]
"I am so extraordinarily in support of your appeal and the work
of ESG India. Please accept this as an endorsement of the appeal. "
Konarak Reddy - Musician & documentary film-maker
Pattabhi Rama Reddy - Film-maker
Kaeya Zui Millagra - student
58 St.Mark's Road
Bangalore 560 001
Tel: (080) 558 5395
Ravi
Samata, 8-2-590/B, Road no.1 Banjara hills, Hyderabad 500034, AP, India.
Phone No. +91-40-55637974,Telefax: +91-40-23352488
Website: www.samataindia.com
[email protected]
Aswin Punathambekar.
Srinivas Mirle
Sridhar, BPS
Triangle Technologies
Triangle-BPS [email protected]
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