RPI - Rally - 04 May 2001

Update on protest at Dabhol site.

Mike Hicks

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Chandrakant Brid@ENRON_DEVELOPMENT
05/04/2001 07:51 AM

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Subject: RPI - Rally - 04 May 2001

04 May 2001 - Prakash Ambedkar group (RPI) held a rally at Ranvi from 1200
hrs to 1630 hrs. About 500 people attended the rally of which 200 were
locals from the vicinity of the site and remainder a from far off areas like
Pune, Vidarbha, Mumbai,, Kolhapur etc.
Following persons delivered speeches.
(a) Prakash Ambedkar Mumbai
(b) Raja Dhale
© Shantaram Pandit Nanded
(d) Vasantrao Rane Pune
(e) Yeshwant Bait Katalwadi
(f) Dr Dashrath Bhande Vidarbha
(g) Ramchandra Kadam Ranvi
(h) Baba Bhalekar Veldur
(j) Atmaram More Anjanwel
(k) Prabhakar Jadhav, Sunita Jadhav, Rekha Thakur, Tulsidas Jadhav from
Chiplun

Highlights of the statements were
1. To keep fighting until Enron leaves. If RPI comes to power at grassroot
level this can be made possible.
2. Judicial probe should be conducted to reveal the fraudulent means used by
the Enron and those responsible for it should be booked.
3 Oppose re-negotiations with Enron and force Enron to leave this country.
4 Locals from the area should be provided with jobs in various industries
coming up in Konkan region.
5 State Government should take over Dabhol project in case the tariff is
higher than MSEB tariff.

Adequate State Police and SRP was deployed to deal with any law and order
situation. Site Security was deployed appropriately to meet any contingency.

Col Brid