Think Again!

Dear All

The dhamra port is very close to a critically endangered nesting site of Olive riddley Turtles. There has been several appeals done to the Tata's to understand that not today, but few years from now the turtles will be affected and they will be gone.

As TATA 's have got IUCN clearance, which is not a complicated milestone to achieve for them and hence no legal body can point a finger .

They might share a differrent opinion and turtles don t come in there priority. The development Dhamra port promises cant be questioned either. But it was truly uncalled for when they stopped an organization like Greenpeace to enter there premises for awareness programmes. Greenpeace has been constantly fighting for the turtles and asking them to shift the port. This might be frustrating fo The TATA's . By the nature of the organization Greenpeace too has to follow a certain method to voice them selves. On the other Hand TATA has its own stance.But if as a multinationational they are so confidant anout there legal and financial clearance which has been mentioned on The DPCL site then why this hostility for Greenpeace. After all its an NGO which runs on charity.

Barring them from conducting awareness programmes as they are the only once to speak against the port sounds immature and again arouses speculations over the ecological effects of the port.

If TATA s are concerned about some negative word to be spread to there employees by Greenpeace they can clearly ask them to keep the port out of there discussions whenever they conduct programmes at TCS campus.

There are other environmental issues which needs to be addressed. Port is just a drop of water in the big sea of conservation problems.

The point is not who fighting whom,but the real issues which needs to be addressed. And as TATA's claim to be green at heart they might want to consider this.

regards Jayesh Pillai