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dam-l URGENT ACTION REQUEST FROM "SAVE THE GUREZ VALLEY" CAMPAIGN



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URGENT ACTION REQUEST FROM "SAVE THE GUREZ VALLEY" CAMPAIGN
Kashmir Environmental Watch Association (KEWA)
email: kewa_com@yahoo.com
website: www.geocities.com/~kewas
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Please sign and send the below letter of concern regarding the Gurez
Dam project in the Kashmir region of the Himalaya to the following
addresses:

 Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir

        address: Civil Secretariat, Srinagar
                 Jammu & Kashmir (1900061)  INDIA

Please also send a copy to:

      Nissar Ahmad Khan, Minister of State for Power

        address: Civil Secretariat, Srinagar
                 Jammu & Kashmir (1900061)  INDIA

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Letter of Concern to Dr. Farooq Abdullah,
Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir

Respected Sir,

                I would like to urgently call your attention to an impending
environmental and cultural disaster in Gurez Valley, a beautiful
Himalayan alpine valley in your state. Your government's plans to
undertake a short-sighted hydro-electric project will have
far-reaching and disastrous results.

                As you must be aware of, a contract has been signed with Skanska
International, a Swedish company, to build a dam on the Kishenganga
River. This project will inundate the whole of the remote Gurez Valley
- which will destroy the wildlife, forests, fauna, and archaeological
treasures of GurezValley. Gurez is also home to the endangered Snow
Leopard and Hangul Deer. The inhabitants of Gurez, the unique Dard
Shin tribals, will be forcibly displaced by the project. In total
25,000 Dard Shin tribals will be evicted from their homes in Gurez
valley. This will threatenand disrupt their ancient culture and wipe
out their traditional way of life.

                Respected Sir, we request you to do all that is in your power to
prevent this environmental and cultural disaster in Jammu & Kashmir.
We request you to set an example by publicly demonstrating concern for
the plight of the Dard Shin tribals and the environment of
GurezValley. We urge you to cancel the dam project and declare the
Gurez Valley as an environmentally and culturally protected zone.

Thanking you in advance,





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