Power Hunt: Sompeta Against Power Plant

Sompeta, a tranquil coastal town of North Srikakulam district of the Indian State Andhra Pradesh, witnessed unprecedented violence on July 14, 2010, when Indian company Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited tried to acquire 1,905 acres (771 hectares) of fertile multi-cropping agricultural land and wetlands with the help of local authorities and armed police force for construction of a coal-based power plant. Despite being productive, the lands and wetlands of Sompeta were declared by the government as a "wasteland", thus, allowing the conversion to a power plant.

Local activist Ratnam.J.V. compiled this video from various footages and pictures taken by different media groups.

Please support their campaign by signing the petition letter addressed to the Indian government and the power plant company. See full letter here at http://www.panap.net/en/fs/post/food-sovereignty/295.

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[BaddamPhaniReddy]

fucking capitalism .... its always the lower class and lower middle class that gets screwed ...........