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is acquiring land and doing all sorts of thing to push the project through . Besides , the government has been ignoring the demand of the people to implement the Forest Rights Act-2006 since the time of anti-POSCO movement . The two Committees set up then by the Central Government had clearly recommended that the forest land was to be distributed to the people first and thereafter , if people wanted they could give it to any project . It is ironic that even today the government is trying to acquire forest land for JSW project violating the Forest Rights Act . People of Dhinkia are strongly opposed to this .

In such a situation , notice was served to villagers to be present and co-operate in demarcation of village boundaries for the newly created Revenue villages Patana and Mahala ( for Patana – date 30.11.2021 , for Mahala - 01.12.2021 ) which were earlier two hamlets of Dhinkia Revenue village . This further complicated the situation as people doubted the motive of the administration . It may be noted that though the creation of new revenue village is a routine administrative exercise there are prescribed procedures for this . Demarcation of boundaries is the last stage of the entire exercise . The two hamlets i . e . Mahala and Patana were officially recognized as revenue village in April and August 2021 respectively . However , the administration by passed the provision of hearing grievances of people before such recognition . People were served notice to cooperate only the process of demarcation began . People of Dhinkia and Mahala strongly felt that this is a conspiracy being hatched by the administration to divide people as the common land to be divided between the newly created revenue villages is the same land to be handed over to IIDCO for setting up of Industry . So , people of Dhinkia and Mahala strongly opposed the demarcation work and had a confrontation with the administration , on 1st December . And two days after this police came to Dhinkia village and 14 tried to forcibly enter Debendra Swain ’ s house . People of Dhinkia strongly believe that as Debendra Swain has been taking leadership in all these things the administration is after him .

Findings and Demands

The team feels that the normal day to day lives and activities of people have been hampered due to police presence . Hence , the team demands that administration should take steps for immediate withdrawal of police force from Dhinkia and restoration of normalcy .

The process of fresh land acquisition and fencing etc . should be suspended immediately as there is no environment clearance for the proposed project of JSW .

Immediate steps should be taken to address the issues raised by people in public hearings . The key issues raised are implementation of the Forest Rights Act-2006 , distribution of land and patta to the landless , withdrawal of old cases filed against people during the anti-POSCO movement and larger environmental concerns .

The team feels that larger sections of the population in the proposed project affected area are not in favour of the project . But , the administration is using all sorts of tricks and trickeries to win the support of the people and entangling them with criminal cases . It is actively working towards creating divisions among villages to safeguard the interest of the company .

The team clearly states that instead of brushing aside the larger popular opinion , the government should seriously address the issues like environment and livelihood raised since the time of anti-POSCO agitation . Names of the Members of the Fact Finding Team : 1 . Pramodini Pradhan , Member of PUCL , 2 . Nigamananda Sadangi , Member of PUCL , 3 . Chittaranjan Behera , Advocate , 4 . Srimant Mohanty , Social activist , 5 . Gargi Satpathy . j from page 11 Chinese Economy .... monopoly capitalism in the last quarter of 19 ^th century the production increased exponentially and the market available for selling products became small . As a result , wars were organised for the redistribution and capture of markets . Thus the situation of world wars and colonial exploitation in many countries increased . Now , the crisis is not only limited to economic sector , but it engulfs political , social , cultural and military sectors also . After this , the ‘ periodic crisis ’ of capitalism turns into ‘ general crisis ’. Thus , the era of imperialism ( dying capitalism / moribund capitalism ) starts . Hegemony of finance capital , destruction of means of production at large scale and spells of wars and pseudo wars become the special characteristics of this era .

We know that the theoreticians of scientific socialism has regarded imperialism as the highest stage of capitalism and during this stage , all the above said characteristics remain in the capitalist mode of production . The crisis of capitalism becomes so deep and extended that its further development becomes impossible . Thus the downfall of this parasite system is inevitable .

Some Marxist thinkers believe that the crisis of capitalist-imperialist China is taking the shape of general / permanent crisis . However hard the Government of China may try , it is not easy to come out of the crisis . But if China comes out of this , it will again land in a greater , deeper crisis . The crisis will continue until the parasitic capitalist system is over thrown and a Peoples ’ Democratic and Socialist system is built . j

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