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We have received with great dismay the recent news report that the Union Cabinet has approved amendment to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act 2010 and that it has been decided to allow centrally funded projects to be set up in the prohibited area of the nationally protected monuments

We request all to join in this initiative to oppose war and demand that India and Pakistan, abandon their war like stances and return to dialogue immediately.

देश और समाज को जिस तरह भीड़ में बदल कर, एक-दूसरे के खिलाफ खड़ा करने का सिलसिला चल रहा है और अभी-अभी जुनैद तक पहुंचा है, उसे हम बहुत गंभीरता व चिंता से देख रहे हैं और इससे अपनी असहमति की घोषणा करने के लिए सार्वजनिक रूप से सामने आना जरूरी समझते हैं.

New Delhi, 29 July 2017: The situation at one of the oldest sites of human civilizations – the Narmada valley of Madhya Pradesh is today worse than a battlefield where the humble, hard working farmers, fisher folk, potters and labourers are struggling day in and day out to simply survive against the onslaught of the Sardar Sarovar Dam in the Narmada river in Gujarat.

Protest demonstrations, spontaneously organised on the social media, draw thousands across 18 Indian cities and five locations overseas, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Boston among others