NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF PEOPLE’S MOVEMENTSNational Office : A Wing First Floor, Haji Habib Building, Naigaon Cross Road  Dadar (E), Mumbai – 400 014. Phone – 9969363065;Delhi Office : 6/6 jangpura B, New Delhi – 110 014 . Phone : 9818905316E-mail: napmindia@napm-india.org | Web : www.napm-india.org————————————————————————————————————————National Alliance of People’s MovementsInvites youFor                          National Conference on  “DELHI – MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR– FACTS AND MYTHS”Place: Indian Social Institute,10, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, DelhiDate: 19th March, 2013    |      Time: 9.30 AM- 5 PMDear Friends,Namaskar!These days, some Indians, if not all, both within and outside the government seem to love BIG. Big Dams. Big Malls. Big Cities. Or anything Big, Gigantic, Humongous, Megalomaniac !The Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is such a humongous, megalomaniac, ambitious State-Sponsored Industrial Development Project spanning 1483 km in length across six states in India. It is a joint venture between India and Japan, both having contributed equally to the initial Rs. 1000 crore ($ 182 million) fund. The ‘dream’ is to ramp up the size to $ 100 billion (Rs. 5.5 lakh crore). DMIC is supposed to pass through six states, namely, U.P, NCR of Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, with end terminals at Dadri in the National Capital Region of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru Port near Mumbai.Along with the environmental and material disaster it will have an impact on 14% population of the country, as per official documents. This is being done ignoring the displacement and immense suffering of the people in various projects. What could not be achieved through the Special Economic Zones Act is now being planned through this. The new Bill on land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation is being tailor made to suit this project, and no wonder if this turns out to be the biggest disaster for people in coming years.NAPM started the Sangharsh Yatra from Mumbai on 8th along the Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor. The Yatra is going through Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and reaching Delhi on 18th Morning to join the Kisan- KhetMazdoor Mahapanchayat in Delhi in Jantar Mantar. Projects have already started at many of the places and so have the resistance by people. To bring all these struggles together, to reach out to people on the route, spread out information and to be with them in solidarity we have undertaken this yatra from Mumbai to Delhi, culminating on 18th with the Mahapanchayat and Conference on ‘Facts and Myths related to DMIC’ on 19th.We would request you to join us for the Conference on 19th at the Indian Social Institute, Delhi. Farmers, peasants, workers, adivasis, dalits, petty traders and others across the six states will be swept by the humongous DMIC. NAPM affiliated movements in each of the states have already been working on these issues for some time now and it is time to link these all up and take the next step forward.Kindly try to participate and contribute to the deliberations.With warm regards,Medha Patkar               Prafulla Samantara              Vimalbhai       Anand Mazgaonkar    (On behalf of the Organising Team)Kindly contact for further details:Madhuresh:    09818905316                       Seela:  09212587159                       Meera: 09179148973TENTATIVE SCHEDULE TimeIssue9 AM – 9.30 AMRegistration9.30 AM – 11 AMIntroduction, General perspective on DMIC11 AM- 11.15 AMTea11.15 AM – 1.30 PMState wise Presentations(Background, Socio- Economic- Community Composition, Agriculture, Forests (if any), Village small scale industries etc.)1.30 PM- 2.30 PMLunch2.30 PM- 4 PMDMIC and other related aspects·        Infrastructure·        Environment·        Food Security·        Tourism·        Legal Framework·        Land Acquisition etc4 PM- 5 PMPeople’s Struggles and Way Forward