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Jananeethi Report on Pollution of Nitta
Gelatin India Limited
KATHIKUDAM to
KALAKUDAM
a pipeline distance to disaster
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INTRODUCTION
Jananeethi
was approached in 1996 by a group of people from Kathikudam
complaining
against industrial pollution of Kerala Chemicals and Proteins
Limited (KCPL was later christened as Nitta Gelatin India Limited -
NGIL) and exploring the chances of a Public Interest Litigation.
The matter apparently was serious and calling for urgent legal
action. Papers were prepared for a Writ Petition in the High Court
of Kerala. However, the
de facto
petitioners did not turn up thereafter; hence petition was not
moved. Later, it was informed that the petitioners were influenced
by the polluter company and were given berth in the company.
The problems, however, persisted. Physical survival was not possible
due to the vicious circumstances. People everywhere were grumbling.
Abject social vulnerability and overwhelming fear of the
consequences prevented them from making formal complaints against
the company. Finally, an Action Council was formed on 23rd
March 2008. The devastating pollution and its vicissitudes
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full report
(ngilkathikudamrpt.pdf)
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WAYANAD SUICIDES
A Psycho-Social Autopsy
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INTRODUCTION
“Our common humanity transcends the oceans and all
national boundaries. It binds us together in a common cause against
tyranny, to act together in defense of our very humanity. Let it
never be asked of any one of us – what did we do when we knew that
another was oppressed?”
Nelson
Mandela.
The epidemic of suicides: Suicide is
“the conscious act of self induced annihilation best understood as a
multidimensional malaise, in a needful individual who defines an
issue for which the act is perceived as the best solution”. Suicide
is the tragic and untimely loss of human life, all the more
devastating and perplexing because it is a conscious volitional act.
Death is a tragedy and suicide is the ultimate tragedy. Suicide is
the result of a complex interaction of biological, genetic,
psychological, social, cultural and environmental factors. Over one
million people commit suicide every year the world over. More people
are dying by suicide than in all the armed conflicts around the
world. Suicide and attempted suicide carry a huge social and
economic cost for the individual, family, friends and society. Hence
suicidal behaviour is now considered a major public health problem
in all countries.
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full report
(wayanad suicide.pdf)
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NAITHIKAYANAM
Journey towards justice
Jananeethi Programmes for the Care and Support
of Tsunami Victims in Kerala, India.
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No
cause is more worthy than the cause of human survival with sense of
dignity and freedom. The post tsunami scenario in coastal areas of
Kerala and Tamil Nadu were beyond human comprehension. The
Government and the people were left in dismay not knowing how and
where to proceed. Scores of humanitarian interventions from all
parts of the globe – political, philanthropic, charitable,
religious, professional etc – got involved from the beginning to
ameliorate human suffering. However, there were also corruptions and
manipulations everywhere. As always, the powerful, influential,
politically and communally had easy access to justice and much more,
but the weak, the vulnerable, the unorganized, the illiterate and
other marginalized sections were the actual losers of natural and
man-made catastrophes.
This
was the context of our intervention in the scene. Our specific areas
of intervention were legal aid and assistance, redress of
grievances, emotional support, social and psychological
rehabilitation and social reconstruction. ……………
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full report
(Tsunamifinal.pdf)
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Crime-free Society |
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CRIME
FREE SOCIETY
an
experiment in participatory & sustainable development
Report
on CRIME-FREE SOCIETY
project in Division XII of Thrissur Corporation,
carried
out by JANANEETHI with
support of
THE
FEDERAL GRANT by the AMERICAN CENTRE,
New Delhi
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Kerala
Model Development – has been a myth, much acclaimed and widely discussed for
quite some time, nationally and internationally. The only possible
justification for romanticizing such a claim may be the impressions created in
the West by the scenic beauty, natural resources, literacy and public health
in the State of Kerala. However, the Keralites are well aware that there is
only little truth in what has been profusely advertised as “God’s own
Country”.
The
people of Kerala State, despite their advancement in education and health
care, are far ahead in the case of crimes, in custodial torture and
deaths, in road accidents and consequential culpable homicides, in the case of
escalating umber of suicides, in the ever increasing instances of sexual
atrocities and …………
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full report
(crimefree762kb.pdf)
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Dowry Study |
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Jananeethi Report
A
STUDY ON DOWRY IN KERALA
Released on 15th January,
2004
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Jananeethi explored the practice of dowry and
its repercussions in society and families in the State of Kerala. The extent of
its prevalence in different populations and religious denominations, the
historical, socio-cultural and ethnic factors that accentuated, promoted and
perpetuated the practice of dowry and the colossal failure of the Dowry
Prevention Act (1961) in curbing the evil practice of dowry, male domination and
gender discriminations were some of the explored factors. Suggestions for
developing alternatives to counter the problem are also given. ............
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full report
Dowry
Report (Dowry.pdf411kb)
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VAGAMON "ECO-TERRORISM"
Jananeethi Report
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They call it 'eco-tourism'. It may appear more sensible if you name it 'economic tourism'. 'Confuse, if you can not convince' - is the new strategy Indian polity has been experiencing of late. Beginning with the Paradise, mis-representation has been the effective tool used by evil forces for the fall of man and distortion of nature. This strategy was effectively and extensively applied in Kerala state, in the context of the Global Investors' Meet (GIM), the celebrated conglomeration of interests - market, mafia and manipulators. One of the targets in the GIM, being emerged, is the 'dream land' of "God's own country" - the Vagamon Region. This has been very much in public debate in Kerala in recent times.
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Cocacola |
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PLACHIMADA
JANANEETHI
REPORT
ON
THE AMPLITUDE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND
HUMAN
RIGHTS RAMIFICATION
BY
THE HCC BPL
At
Plachimada, Moolathara village, Chittor
taluk, Palakkad Dt.
July
2002
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Multinational
companies (MNCs) invading developing countries under the pretext of
development deviate into devious devises to amass wealth, breaking the above
subtle laws of ecology. There is chaos following the greed. The Hindustan
Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. too followed the same path while taking roots
in a hamlet of a developing country, brutally uprooting the agriculture,
culture, health and peace, to plunder.......
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full report
View
Coca-Cola Report
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Litigation-free Village |
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THICHUR
The First
LITTIGATION-FREE
VILLAGE
Jananeethi Report
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A
“ litigation-free” village was indeed an impossible dream. But
the people of Thichur village, a seemingly unknown, sleepy village in Varavoor
panchayat of Thrissur District, in
Kerala State made it happen on the 7th day of May 2000. The
road to success was slow, hard and often frustrating. But at the end, it was a
moment of exaltation to cherish and a history to emulate.
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Bio-Medical Waste Disposal |
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THUDANGANAD
BIO-MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL
PLANT
proposed
by Chazhikkadan Medical Foundation at Thodupuzha
and
COMMUNITY
HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL & HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS
- A JANANEETHI REPORT -
(2002)
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INTRODUCTION
Bio-medical waste
is any waste generated in the process of diagnosis, treatment or immunization of
human beings or animals, research activities, production or testing of
biologicals. It shall be the duty of the occupier to take all steps
to ensure that such waste is handled without any adverse effects on community
health and environment. It is estimated that only 6% of the waste stream is
infectious that needs to be disinfected. 2% of the hospital waste stream is
pathological waste and shall be burned in a crematorium or other incinerator.
The rest of the wastes, more than 90%, can be handled in the same way we handle
solid wastes - by reducing, re-using, and re-cycling. Waste collection
efficiency in Indian cities range from 50% to 90%. ...........
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