By TwoCircles.net staff,
Calicut: Seeing a miserable condition of roads and negligence of government towards it, Solidarity, a Kerala based organization, started a movement named Symbolic Road Construction which is getting mass approval by the common people.
Addressing a mass gathering after dedicating the symbolic road constructed by the Solidarity on the sidelines of its Ernakulam regional conference, Mr. K A Faisal, member of Solidarity state working committee, flayed the the attempt of the State Govt. to yield the roads to the corporate companies in the name of BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer) system.
“Denying the roads for the underprivileged by levying tolls on the roads is nothing but similar to declaring them untouchables” he said adding “It is not only a road policy that Kerala needs but also a comprehensive transport policy should be derived which will include road, rail and water transportation policies.”
Criticizing politicians K A Faisal said that it is due to the decline of democracy and fortification of plutocracy, the political parties are notably absent in the struggles led by the caste out people.
“Fight against the anti-people schemes can only be successful when such movements can effectively expose the capitalist political forces. Solidarity’s struggles are really a support for all such movements. It is the relentless denial of peoples’ genuine needs by the governments makes the mass fanatics” said noted writer NM Pearson.
Mr. C.R. Neelakantan exclaimed on the unexpected manifestation of a new road policy which was present neither in the election manifesto of the left front nor in the right. “True policies are now being divorced from the politics and fondness towards capitalism has become the new policy of development” he added.
The programme was also addressed by many others including Coordination Committee General Convener Francis Kalathungal, NH17 Samara Samithi Convener Hashim Chenthapilli, Cochin Sacs Director Mr. Rajan Antony, Cheranallor Panchayat Vice President M A Mohammed, Solidarity Dist Committee member KK Basheer , Justine Thomas.