Narendra Modi's government kicks into gear with defence, dam projects

[MilSpec]

I am digging this. I was skeptical of Modi's governance and feared that all of the boldness of the campaign will dissolve into age old institutional inaction, but such pieces does reinforces that this government might not turn out to be a dud.
Hopefully the government turns it's attention towards OFB, HAL,GSRE, and DRDO soon and stalled projects start rolling out in timely fashion.

 

[axisofevil]

No.. We call Kashmiri terrorists as swines, Pigs, bastards and what not. In my view this woman has caused more damage to India than what all the terrorists in Kashmir cause in a full year. And really, I am not showing protests or disagreement, but showing extreme hatred. Dil Se..

If it wasn't for ppl like her, Indians would be a far worse cesspool of pollution all in the name of development. Development comes at a certain pace with a certain responsibility. Maybe you and your kind prefer to eat and shit in the same place. I don't.

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

I think some of the activities of such ppl are needed but it has to be looked at from many different perspectives. When it comes to security and water, we need to make tough decisions like Modi did. Just compensate the ppl who are affected well enough so they are able to move forward with their lives. What irks me about some of these green ppl, is they wont take any step to allow the govt to kill stray dogs which are a menance. Nobody pays attention to how badly rabies affects ppl in India! Why wont these green idiots fund massive dog shleters if they are so concerned and make it their own responsibility to keep the animal population in check?

In case some of you missed it, here you go



This year, India's patchy radar meant it was unable to say whether missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 had passed over the islands.


As for Coco's Islands, the fact that UPA swept that under the rug for yrs, stating there was no such thing is a slap on the face. They were to concerned with getting elected and saving their own skin, over India's security.

These so called green people are not concerned with greenery at all.You are right they should fund massive animal shelters.

 

[foxbat]

If it wasn't for ppl like her, Indians would be a far worse cesspool of pollution all in the name of development. Development comes at a certain pace with a certain responsibility. Maybe you and your kind prefer to eat and shit in the same place. I don't.

So you believe that a house should either have a dining room or a toilet, but not both. Nah! that wont work for me

 

[amitkriit]

If it wasn't for ppl like her, Indians would be a far worse cesspool of pollution all in the name of development. Development comes at a certain pace with a certain responsibility. Maybe you and your kind prefer to eat and shit in the same place. I don't.

Oh yeah, she was sent by the White men to save us Brown morons who cannot take care of ourselves. She is bearing the white man's burden. So cute!

So you believe that a house should either have a dining room or a toilet, but not both. Nah! that wont work for me

Nopes, he says that we must have western-style commode in the dining room instead of chairs, makes life easy.

 

[wolfschanzze]

The Self righteous moron is probably a paid foreign agent. I would call her clueless, but that would spoil the image of Alicia Silverstone permanently in my mind so will let it go

The Truth about Medha Patkar, a secular activist by @fgautier26

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The Truth about Medha Patkar, a secular activist
Published: Monday, Jan 13,2014, 22:21 IST
By: Francois Gautier
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Most people in India have a positive impression about Medha Patkar. Is she not the secular activist who takes on big business, fights for preserving India’s greenery and defends the poor and downtrodden?

However documents leaked to the press have revealed a very different picture: that of a scheming person, who has no qualms about breaking the law and whose sources of funding are mysterious.

In a letter written in October 2007, Dr Urmilaben Patel, member of the Congress Working Committee, wrote to Shri Pranab Mukherjee, who was then the Hon'ble Minister for External Affairs Government of India: “You are kindly aware, that Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) headed by Medha Patkar is actively involved in opposing all hydro projects in India... I have recently received material which I find quite disturbing.. I specifically draw your attention into the message of Ms. Patkar using the words of "pressurizing the UPA government", and "honouring" a Supreme Court Judge for a favourable verdict, as is explicit in the emails. It seems it is a deliberate act on the part of Ms. Patkar to defame UPA Govt. I humbly suggest that Govt, should immediately enquire how Medha Patkar managed favourable verdict and take appropriate action against Ms. Patkar for bringing disrepute to the Govt, and to the Hon'ble Supreme Court and halting the progress of the nation. I feel this issue is of national importance and deserves your personal attention”.

Nothing ever came out of it. Yet, since then, there has emerged even more disturbing evidence of NBA's nefarious collusion with foreign elements This is in the form of an exchange of confidential emails between Ms. Patkar and by Mr. Patrick McCully, Ex. Director, International Rivers Network (IRN) based at Berkeley (United States). Now who is this Patrick McCully? He is a man who cavorts with enemies of India, particularly with Angana Chatterjee, on the board of IRN, a known India baiter, who was very close to Ghulab Nabi Fai, recently arrested by the FBI for being an ISI spy. Angana Chatterjee is married to Richard Shapiro, Director and Associate Professor of the Graduate Anthropology Program at CIIS. Now both Shapiro and Chatterjee were regular at the ISI sponsored junkets. She was charged of being propped up by the ISI to launch an anti-India campaign. Further, her partner Richard Shapiro was denied entry to India in 2010 for what was reported to be his anti-India propaganda.

The material leaked is indeed quiet disturbing, particularly the exchange of emails between Ms. Patkar and Mr. Patrick McCully. Few details are given below.

1. The Honourable Supreme Court pronounced its verdict, dismissing NCCL's PIL on July 10, 2007 around 11.00 am.
2. The news is posted on The Times of India's website at 11.26 am.
3. The information along with the news item is sent to Mr. Patrick McCully from Ms. Patkar's email address (nba.medha@qmail.com) at 12.03 pm on July 10. i.e. within 36 minutes.
4. Mr. Patrick writes back to Ms. Patkar on July 12: "How did you manage this? Who was the second judge?"
5. Ms. Patkar replies the next day i.e. on 13th July, at 10:13 AM saying "many eminent persons wrote to the UPA government.. we dealt with the press selectively and ensured that pressure was kept all through." She also sends a soft copy of the judgment and the profiles of Justice C K Thakker and Justice Altamas Kabir.
6. Mr. Patrick reverts on July 17 congratulating Ms, Patkar, and suggesting that five or six people associated with managing "this verdict" be honoured at a function in London (UK). The mail says: "...We must honour Judge Kabir for supporting you. Please explore the possibility. He will retire in 2013 - a very useful man for your future battles." It might be mentioned that the verdict was written by hon'ble Justice Kabir.
7. On July 19, Mr. Patrick writes again suggesting that apart from advocates, individuals who supported in NBA's. defence also be included in the felicitation programme in London. To this Ms. Medha responds on July 22 "apart from advocates no one would like to be acknowledged for writing to pressurize the government. That might boomerang".

As you can see the exchange is explosive and dangerous to the extent that it shows a foreign interest and support to a group that is indulging in obstruction to Country's development.

Then, there is the question of how does Medha Patkar get her finances? Medha Patkar has the Right Livelihood Award, the Rev. MA Thomas National Human Rights Award, Amnesty International's Human Rights Defender's Award, and the BBC's Green Ribbon Award for Best International Political Campaigner. Her Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is described as a "social movement". Presumably this social movement handles money, if only for its own expenses. But the Supreme Court has noted the NBA is not a registered entity. So, how does it bank its money? How does it account for its expenses? The NBA, which, as we have seen, has international connections, does not seem to have its own website. Foreign sources fund its support groups. But which foreign sources? Could the American Security agencies, which have no qualms about using a Richard Headley - and still shelter him from the Indian justice - covertly fund Medha Patkar? Finally, accused of faking medical certificates, fined more than once for dodging court hearings, Patkar is now accused by the Supreme Court itself of†filing a false affidavit before it.

Many of us have been wondering why nobody can touch Medha Patkar, in spite of all her misdoings, in spite of even of the Congress, the very party Medha associates herself willingly with, speaking against her? The answer is simple: she is protected by the most powerful person in India.

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[axisofevil]

Oh yeah, she was sent by the White men to save us Brown morons who cannot take care of ourselves. She is bearing the white man's burden. So cute!



Nopes, he says that we must have western-style commode in the dining room instead of chairs, makes life easy.

Dude, it's so sad you carry this chip on a shoulder. "White man...Brown morons"....wtf? Why do you feel that way?





I guess I got to remember to break it down literally. For a guy going on 3 week business trip, Im surprised you couldn't grasp the statement. Our ancient kings realized the importance of maintaining balance with nature. You and others are so quick to knock the West but will quickly imitate their customs, creations, etc wherever it suits us. Usually, we only take the bad and negate the good.


We still use pesticides banned in many countries that directly affect our ppl. Oh wait so you are going to complain about $$$ now? Well, pump some money into our own research to resolve such matters. We allow folks to break down ships ladden with chemicals and asbestos on our waters when those same countries wont allow it to happen to their land. We allow them to dump garbage and waste into our waters, not realizing the potential effects. Oh I forgot you live in a flat and probably don't eat fish. Well, I got news for you bud, these effects tend to trickle down the food chain and eventually it catches up.


Raising the dam is a non issue. Water security is a major issue in the World and India. Compensate the ppl who have to relocate adequately and it's a non issue. I only wish somebody would lecture the tamils about Dam security.

So you believe that a house should either have a dining room or a toilet, but not both. Nah! that wont work for me

LOL If that's how you interpret my statement, then I got my work cut out for me!

 

[wolfschanzze]

Gujarat has most transparent track record in matters of land acquisition.This dam decision is lying around for years.It needs to be done.And take a look at this.
Medha Patkar joins protest against metro rail - The Times of India
In this article she is crying about water security also.Height of hypocrisy.

Great now this paid tree hugging goon wants to stop Development of Metro in my city, bloody witch
We already have traffic problems in hyderabad above that this hag wants to stop new means of public transport. f*ck the Tree huggers and their Ilk.

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

If it wasn't for ppl like her, Indians would be a far worse cesspool of pollution all in the name of development. Development comes at a certain pace with a certain responsibility. Maybe you and your kind prefer to eat and shit in the same place. I don't.

Its not because of foreign funded people like her that we are not polluted enough.Her consideration is not genuine.She runs things like mafia.

 

[amitkriit]

Dude, it's so sad you carry this chip on a shoulder. "White man...Brown morons"....wtf? Why do you feel that way?





I guess I got to remember to break it down literally. For a guy going on 3 week business trip, Im surprised you couldn't grasp the statement. Our ancient kings realized the importance of maintaining balance with nature. You and others are so quick to knock the West but will quickly imitate their customs, creations, etc wherever it suits us. Usually, we only take the bad and negate the good.


We still use pesticides banned in many countries that directly affect our ppl. Oh wait so you are going to complain about $$$ now? Well, pump some money into our own research to resolve such matters. We allow folks to break down ships ladden with chemicals and asbestos on our waters when those same countries wont allow it to happen to their land. We allow them to dump garbage and waste into our waters, not realizing the potential effects. Oh I forgot you live in a flat and probably don't eat fish. Well, I got news for you bud, these effects tend to trickle down the food chain and eventually it catches up.


Raising the dam is a non issue. Water security is a major issue in the World and India. Compensate the ppl who have to relocate adequately and it's a non issue. I only wish somebody would lecture the tamils about Dam security.





LOL If that's how you interpret my statement, then I got my work cut out for me!

Exactly my point, we cannot take care of ourselves, Britishers had figured that out several centuries ago. It's another matter that India is being used as a dumping ground by the same set of people who have been giving funds to our "progressive" NGOs. It is also a non-issue that the major polluters in the world are lecturing us on the importance of "cutting the CO2 emission". As if India can remain isolated from environmental issues created by the Developed world by eating grass and drinking from harvested rain water reservoirs.

Its not because of foreign funded people like her that we are not polluted enough.Her consideration is not genuine.She runs things like mafia.

She runs things like mafia because she gets money to fulfill certain objectives.

 

[अखण्ड भारत!!!]

Great now this paid tree hugging goon wants to stop Development of Metro in my city, bloody witch
We already have traffic problems in hyderabad above that this hag wants to stop new means of public transport. f*ck the Tree huggers and their Ilk.

This hag will remain a hag.But does not hyderabad have local train network?

 

[wolfschanzze]

This hag will remain a hag.But does not hyderabad have local train network?

Yes we do, have MMTS netwrok in city, but we want Metro so that we could travel at ease, Outer Ring Road project of Hyderabad is a hit we want more such projects, so we can travel without a traffic jam especially during Office hours.

Metro will only aid to lessen the traffic burden for us.
We won't settle for anything less than this 8 lane road in city, if not perhaps 4 lane road

Nehru Outer Ring Road or ORR is a 158 kilometer, 8-lane ring roadexpressway encircling the City of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It is built byHMDA at a cost of Rs.6696 crores.[1] with an assistance of Rs 3,123 crores from Japan International Cooperation Agency.[2] The expressway is designed for speeds up to 120 km/h.[3] A large part, 124 km (covering urban nodes viz., Hi- Tech city, Nanakramguda Financial District,Hyderabad International Airport, IKP Knowledge park, Hardware Park, State Police Academy, Singapore Financial District, and Games village) of the 158-km was opened by December 2012.[4]

 

[Abhishek_]

I am digging this. I was skeptical of Modi's governance and feared that all of the boldness of the campaign will dissolve into age old institutional inaction, but such pieces does reinforces that this government might not turn out to be a dud.
Hopefully the government turns it's attention towards OFB, HAL,GSRE, and DRDO soon and stalled projects start rolling out in timely fashion.

An aspiring electorate will force change in its government, albeit slowly. The current administration will have to take the tough decisions early on, so by the time the decisions begin to bear fruit we will be ready for the next election.

I've heard news about price hikes in fuel so they can upgrade the quality levels in refineries, and increasing ticket rates for trains to fund expansion/development in Railways.

 

[axisofevil]

Its not because of foreign funded people like her that we are not polluted enough.Her consideration is not genuine.She runs things like mafia.

I see. Like I said, I don't agree or know her in particular but there are good ppl who do truly care.

Exactly my point, we cannot take care of ourselves, Britishers had figured that out several centuries ago. It's another matter that India is being used as a dumping ground by the same set of people who have been giving funds to our "progressive" NGOs. It is also a non-issue that the major polluters in the world are lecturing us on the importance of "cutting the CO2 emission". As if India can remain isolated from environmental issues created by the Developed world by eating grass and drinking from harvested rain water reservoirs.



She runs things like mafia because she gets money to fulfill certain objectives.

I agree.....but if those same countries are lecturing us then we got to turn the tables on them and tell them we'll go along if you give us access to cuttingedge research. Simply, telling us not to use gas, oil and reduce pollution with no means of doing so, is just cheap talk. I remember how long it took to gain access catalytic converters and clean coal tech. The media , particularly the ability to get this msg across to ppl all over should be taken up. If its factual and based on clean facts, it will be good for all parties concerned.


Folks tend to rake up pollution stats particularly the West. But given that they were major polluters for a time as they developed, it comes across as double standards. By doing so, it just pushes India further to embrace China.


Nonetheless, all these decades of pollution by various countries is definitely taking a toll on Earth. Pointing fingers at the West is not going to accomplish squat. Work with each other on favorable terms to get the job done.

 

[saikumar]

Good development