CPF MONTHLY MEET – AGENDA - 18 -MAY – 2011

COASTAL PEOPLE’S FEDERATION

Thoothukudi-628002.

MONTHLY MEET – MAY – 2011

PLACE: TMSSS HALL, THOOTHUKUDI 18.05.2011 AT 10.30AM

AGENDA

Special Guests – Friends from Finland

1. Welcome Address

2. Minutes

3. Guests’ Address

4. SPECIAL Expenses’ Details

5. Election Assembly Election Results – Our Views, Our Roles and Our Mission.

6. Follow up CPF ELECTION MANIFESTO – MEETING MLAs & Departments

7. Public Hearing on Coastal Energen – Tharuvaikulam and the related Works.

8. COAL JETTY, Conveyer Belt & Desalination Plants at Patinamarudur.

9. FAO – Fimsul & Muralidharan Telephone Talk & Email.

10. NDTV Coastal Campaign - Minister Mr. Jairam Ramesh Response

11. Thangatchimadam FISHER Hunger Strike and CPF Protest Plans

12. Fact finding by people’s Watch on the death of Rameswarem Fisher Death.

13. Ship sinking at Kadiyapattnam Sea & Relief and Rehabilitation

14. Letter to Election Commission – Thanks & Praises

15. Green Manifesto – CPF letter explaining our position on Power Projects.

16. Koodankulam Nuclear Projects – Campaign NEWS

17. Boat Travel Tourism at Rameswarem

18. CPF Election Manifesto – Pats from Kurava Communities and others.

19. Forest Official held captive by Nari Kuravas .

20. TMSSS DIRECTOR TRANSFER.

21. Letter sent to Thoothukudi District Environmental Engineer.

22. PEAL – GLOBAL WARMING CONFERENCE – on 22, 23, 24 - July AT MADURAI

23. Coal Handling change of place – Ennor

24. Sub-sea pipeline at Kayamkulam opposed

25. CPF MEMBERS SHARING on CPF’s Past Performance – 15 Months for the Guests.

- Monthly Meets & Districts Meets

- CPF Members’ Role & Participation

- Documentation – Daily News Gathering , Policy Documents ,Web Blogs , SMS ,

- Sensitization Process – Members and the Fishers

- CPF’s Recognition, Felt Presence among Fishers and among the General Public & Govt.

- CPF Achievements

- CPF - Campaigns & Protests

- CPF - Special Sessions and Events

- CPF - Media Interventions.

- CPF - Hurdles & Struggles

CPF Convener Performance & CPF Future Plans & Requirements.

EMAIL SENT TO TN ELECTION COMMISSION - Congratulations and Words of Appreciation to EC - 03.05.2011

COASTAL PEOPLE’S FEDERATION

11/106B, CAPTAIN COMPOUND,

AROCKIAPURAM MAIN ROAD,

THOOTHUKUDI – 628002

Phone: 0461- 2361699, Email: cpfsouth@gmail.com, Mob: 98421 54073

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Ref: No: CPF: 40/2011

03.05.2011

To

The Chief Election Officer,

Principal Secretary to Government,
Public (Elections) Department
Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009

SUB: Congratulations and Words of Appreciation to EC.

Respected Sir,

Greetings from CPF.

Before we begin to appreciate the role of the Tamilnadu Election Commission in conducting the 14^th Tamilnadu State Assembly Election on 13.04.2011 and 16.04.2011 in an orderly manner, We would like to acknowledge and thank once again the TN EC for already acceding to CPF’s demand to postpone the Public established a contact to Public hearing for the proposed expansion of 2*800MW Super Critical coal based Thermal Power Plant “Coastal Energen Pvt.Ltd. scheduled to be held at Thoothukudi Collectorate on 18.03.2011 when the code of election conduct was in place.

We appreciate very much the Election Commission and the team of officials who were really committed and put their heart and soul to conduct the Elections very fairly.

The Election Commission was unbiased in dealing with the Political parties and the contesting candidates in thwarting the cash distribution to voters. Though the un accounted money seized during the raids were yet unclaimed by the candidates, the EC should also probe into such cash seizures and find out the source of their transfers and make criminal proceedings against the persons who held the money or persons who dropped the money and ran away.

Thanks to EC also for making an elaborate security arrangements in making people to vote by dispelling any fear among voters.

Congrats to EC for sensitizing the voters to vote by all means by way of erecting hoardings, conducting campaigns and rallies and media advertisements.

The voters were prevented and made to hardships by enquiring into their reasons for trying to opt for “49 (O) “section in the election and their identities were not kept secret. So, we request the EC to incorporate the “49 (O)” option in the EVM in the Next Election onwards.

We request the EC to make the voters know that their choice of candidates is effected rightly while pressing the button in the EVM, we request to EC to provide a print out to voters to verify that their choice is effected rightly.

We request the EC to halt by all means the political parties and the independent candidates about the habit of announcing freebies in their election manifestos to elicit votes.

We request the election Commission to owe the entire responsibility of spending and bear the cost of election spending of each candidate ( 234 Constituencies ) or by making the party to make some deposits to election commission ,if need be, The Individual candidate Spending and Parties spending money lavishly in the constituencies pave way for the large scale bribing of voters. Such practice should be abolished by Election Commission in the forth coming elections by altering this trend and enhance the real flourishing of democracy.

We request the EC commission to forbid strictly the candidates with criminal background and persons of ill repute from contesting the elections. If this trend is allowed to continue, the voters will lose their faith in the democracy and will never turn to booths to exercise their franchises. This would make our democracy a mockery and more susceptible to corruption.

EC has an enormous power to effect such changes and implement the same. It has a duty and moral responsibility to help the people to elect good representatives to lead a democracy.

We would like to appreciate the TN EC for conducting surprise checks and raids to forbid the political parties and the candidates from bribing voters.

We also would like to register our observations in the southern districts that the TN EC commission, in the last two days before the polling, has let go off the vehicles without any checks and raids at the outskirts of the towns and cities which really helped parties to bribe the voters in the last minutes.

We would like to ask the Election Commission to enact a provision in the law ( A Criteria) to withdraw the non performing Elected Legislative Member/ Representative (MLA) by the electorate by conducting a public referendum and reelect a new representative once again.

Thank you,

Yours Truly,

M.Pushparayan.

Convener, CPF.

FAX SENT TO TN ELECTION COMMISSION ON COASTAL ENERGEN PUBLIC HEARING ON 02.05.2011

COASTAL PEOPLE’S FEDERATION

11/106B, CAPTAIN COMPOUND,

AROCKIAPURAM MAIN ROAD,

THOOTHUKUDI – 628002.

Phone – 0461 – 2361699, Email; cpfsouth@gmail.com ;Mob – 9842154073

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Ref; No: 42//2011

Date: 02.05.2011

(THROUGH FAX MESSAGE & EMAIL)

To

The Chief Election Officer,

Tamilnadu Election Commission,

Chennai.

Respected Sir,

Greetings!

Thoothukudi District Environmental Engineer is holding a Public Meeting tomorrow dated 3^rd, May, 2011 at 3.30pm, to seek public opinion for the proposed expansion of the 2*800 MW Thermal Power Plant , Coastal Energen Pvt.Ltd. It was scheduled to be held on 19^th March, 2011 but was postponed, citing that Election Code of Conduct was in force and postponed without any further announcement.

We were following up the announcements in this regard in the TNPCB official website Public Hearing Column till 30^th of April, 2011.but it has been posted in the TNPCB website just in two days back to cheat the Public. But, all of a sudden, to our dismay, we hear that the company has informed the Village Panchayat President of Tharuvaikulam, Mr.Jeyapaul that there is going to be Public Hearing tomorrow for the above mentioned purpose.

We are very sorry that such a kind of public information dissemination does not legally guarantee the requirements to hold a Public hearing within this very short notice. When Contacted the TNPCB Thoothukudi DEE Office, that the Person informed over the Phone that the Thoothukudi Collector is only free on tomorrow, so, we are holding a Public hearing.

Such type of information and response to public is inadequate to hold a Public hearing and the same reason cited on 19^th March, 2011 to postpone the scheduled public hearing still holds good or valid till today. (As the Election code of Conduct is still in force till 13^th May, 2011) So, we request the Tamilnadu Election Commission to intervene and stop the public hearing as the Election code of conduct is still in force. Kindly stop this political advantage that the Coastal Energen Pvt. Ltd is trying to make use of.

Please consider our Request and do the needful.

Regards,

Yours truly,

Pushparayan,

Convener, CPF.

FAX SENT TO TNPCB ON COASTAL ENERGEN PUBLIC HEARING ON 02.05.2011

COASTAL PEOPLE’S FEDERATION

11/106B, CAPTAIN COMPOUND,

AROCKIAPURAM MAIN ROAD,

THOOTHUKUDI – 628002.

Phone – 0461 – 2361699, Email; cpfsouth@gmail.com ;Mob – 9842154073

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Ref; No: 41/2011

Date: 02.05.2011

(THROUGH FAX MESSAGE & EMAIL)

To

The Chairman,

Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board,

76, Anna Salai ,

Mount road,

Chennai.

Respected Sir,

Greetings!

Thoothukudi District Environmental Engineer is holding a Public Meeting tomorrow dated 3^rd, May, 2011 at 3.30pm, to seek public opinion for the proposed expansion of the 2*800 MW Thermal Power Project, Coastal Energen Pvt.Ltd.It was scheduled to be held on 19^th March, 2011 but was postponed, citing that Election Code of Conduct was in force and postponed without any further announcement.

We were following up the announcements in this regard in the TNPCB official website Public Hearing Column till 30^th of April, 2011.but it has been posted in the TNPCB website just in two days back to cheat the Public. It is a back door process to help the proprietors to seek public opinion through the crooked way and forbidding/ obstructing the public the right to know about the process.

But, all of a sudden, to our dismay, we hear that the company has informed the Village Panchayat President of Tharuvaikulam, Mr.Jeyapaul that there is going to be Public Hearing tomorrow for the above mentioned purpose.

We are very sorry that such a kind of public information dissemination does not legally guarantee the requirements to hold a Public hearing within this very short notice.

When Contacted the TNPCB Thoothukudi DEE Office, that the Person informed over the Phone that the Thoothukudi Collector is only free on tomorrow, so, we are holding a Public hearing.

Such type of information and response to public is inadequate to hold a Public hearing and the same reason cited on 19^th March, 2011 to postpone the scheduled public hearing still holds good or valid even till today. (As the Election code of Conduct is still in force till 13^th May, 2011).

So, we request the TNPCB to fulfill the statutory and legal requirements to conduct a public hearing properly rather than hurrying up with the process without proper public information. If not, it amounts to violation of Public Hearing procedures and processes.

Please Consider our Request and do the needful.

Regards,

Yours truly,

Pushparayan, Convener, CPF.

MOEF MR.JAIRAM RAMESH REPLIES TO A QUERY POSED BY MR.JONES ON BEHALF OF CPF

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/save-indias-coast/need-to-regulate-coastal-pollution-jairam-ramesh/198870

Bouquets, brickbats for proposed thermal project

By Express News Service

04 May 2011 02:22:30 AM IST

Bouquets, brickbats for proposed thermal project

THOOTHUKUDI: Public hearing on the proposed phase II coal-based (2X800 MW) Thermal power project by Coastal Energen Private Limited held at the Collectorate here on Tuesday evoked mixed response.

Just as Thermal power project Phase I (2X600 MW) is under construction at Melamarudur, Ottapidaram taluk in Thoothukudi district, Coastal Energen Private Limited has proposed to set up phase II, super critical technology based, coal fired thermal power project in the existing land.

Udal Uzhaipor Thozhilalar Sangam district secretary Krishnamoorthy criticised the district administration for conducting the public hearing, though the model code of conduct was in force. The meeting was convened in a short time without prior notice on newspapers.

DRO Durai Ravichandran, who presided over the meeting, in his reply said that necessary approval had been obtained from the EC and the public hearing was intimated through Daily Thanthi and The New Indian Express well in advance on April 3.

TUDSIA President Jayarayen welcoming the project pointed the Supreme Court’s direction to supply 20 per cent fly ash to small-scale units like those involved in fly ash brick manufacturing. Subsequently, the company should give 50 per cent fly ash to these industries. Moreover he expressed his regret on many thermal power projects that still remained on paper.

Industrial units like Sterlite, TTPS and Coastal Energen TPP are located within a radius of 20 km of the city, public hearing should take into consideration its impact on nature. Instead conducting separate hearing for individual units and analysing the pros and cons would not be appropriate, added CPM district secretary K Kanaga raj.He listed that TN’s ’s power production was about 8,000 MW and 2,970 MW was generated by coal-based power plants. With the establishment of the new project, Thoothukudi alone would possess 5,050 MW power plants.

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CPF PARTICIPATES IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 2*800 MW COASTAL ENERGEN THERMAL POWER PLANT EXPANSION ON 03.05.2011

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