Wednesday, February 25, 2009
THE MARCH - YOUTH FOR JUSTICE is Joining
THE MARCH AGAINST
TERRORISM AND CORRUPTION
"YOUTH FOR JUSTICE " is supporting and participating in "THE MARCH" organised by ART OF LIVING
India has the dubious distinction of being one of the most corrupt nations in the world, ranking a poor 45 of the 49 countries evaluated on the World Economic Forum Survey 2003 'Honesty' index. Having ingrained itself into the psyche of our civilized society and governance system, corruption is impeding development and is leading to severe breakdowns and distortions in almost all aspects of our society.
Its most dangerous manifestation is in the form of terrorism. According to the database information released by START (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terror) 4,108 terrorist incidents occurred in India between 1970 to 2004 which put India into sixth place in Terrorism hit nations list. More than 400 people died in terror attacks in 2008. The actual figure is unknown.
As a country, we need to actively start moving in a concerted way against these twin evils that are now threatening our very existence.
So let us send out a call to our country to create a safe society. A society which has no fear in walking into an airplane, a train or a bus. Or when we enter a mall, a cinema or a hotel, with our children. Or even our very own homes.
Let us take responsibility and bring the change - for our future and our future generations.
Ask not what your country Can do for you, Ask what can you do For your country.
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Its most dangerous manifestation is in the form of terrorism. According to the database information released by START (The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terror) 4,108 terrorist incidents occurred in India between 1970 to 2004 which put India into sixth place in Terrorism hit nations list. More than 400 people died in terror attacks in 2008. The actual figure is unknown.
As a country, we need to actively start moving in a concerted way against these twin evils that are now threatening our very existence.
So let us send out a call to our country to create a safe society. A society which has no fear in walking into an airplane, a train or a bus. Or when we enter a mall, a cinema or a hotel, with our children. Or even our very own homes.
Let us take responsibility and bring the change - for our future and our future generations.
Ask not what your country Can do for you, Ask what can you do For your country.
To Join THE MARCH please log in to:
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Youth for Yamuna: A YFJ initiative to make Delhi relate with its lifeline
YOUTH FOR YAMUNA
- a YFJ initiative to make Delhi relate and stand for its lifeline!!!
To know more about the campaign and our latest action in 2009 keep visiting the blog or contact us at youth4justice@gmail.com or call us at 9818066041
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
High Court verdict: YAMUNA MORE IMPORTANT THAN GAMES
New Delhi, November 03
Indian Express
Indian Express
“It is fear and anxiety that makes me pen these lines,” begins Justice Rekha Sharma in a crisp four-page verdict that says the river is “gasping for breath”.
Supplementing a formal 45-page judgment from Justice A K Sikri, is the four page judgment from his “sister Justice Rekha Sharma”, who says the entire project of building on the Yamuna riverbed is a “sad story of men fiddling with major issues and resultantly playing havoc”. “This judgment,” she observes, “relates to a river which once flowed majestically but is now gasping for breath. If this continues, time is not far off when this gift of Gods will die an unnatural death buried under layers of silt.”
She pits the oft-mooted contention of “development” with the environmentalists’ cry of “save the river”, and concludes that Yamuna is more important of the two. “The significance and importance of the Commonwealth Games is not lost on anyone (but) the impact of building on the Yamuna, its environment, ecology and the long-term damage is, as the petitioners (environmentalists) say, pregnant with disaster,” the judge notes. “If no urgent measures are taken, the Yamuna may exist only in books.” Justice Sharma also notes: “No doubt is left that the site in question is on the river bed.”
In his separate judgment, Justice Sikri considers the issue a “disputed question” that needs to be looked into by an expert committee.
But Justice Sharma goes a step further to add that even if the construction is not on the riverbed, “urbanisation and colossal construction underway may yet adversely affect the environment, the river and the ecology”. She also lashes out at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute for unexpectedly changing its stand to favour urbanization. Justice Sharma concludes with a parting shot that neither the government, DDA or the NEERI have been “fair” to the river.
Supplementing a formal 45-page judgment from Justice A K Sikri, is the four page judgment from his “sister Justice Rekha Sharma”, who says the entire project of building on the Yamuna riverbed is a “sad story of men fiddling with major issues and resultantly playing havoc”. “This judgment,” she observes, “relates to a river which once flowed majestically but is now gasping for breath. If this continues, time is not far off when this gift of Gods will die an unnatural death buried under layers of silt.”
She pits the oft-mooted contention of “development” with the environmentalists’ cry of “save the river”, and concludes that Yamuna is more important of the two. “The significance and importance of the Commonwealth Games is not lost on anyone (but) the impact of building on the Yamuna, its environment, ecology and the long-term damage is, as the petitioners (environmentalists) say, pregnant with disaster,” the judge notes. “If no urgent measures are taken, the Yamuna may exist only in books.” Justice Sharma also notes: “No doubt is left that the site in question is on the river bed.”
In his separate judgment, Justice Sikri considers the issue a “disputed question” that needs to be looked into by an expert committee.
But Justice Sharma goes a step further to add that even if the construction is not on the riverbed, “urbanisation and colossal construction underway may yet adversely affect the environment, the river and the ecology”. She also lashes out at the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute for unexpectedly changing its stand to favour urbanization. Justice Sharma concludes with a parting shot that neither the government, DDA or the NEERI have been “fair” to the river.
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