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Condemn the assault on science popularisation activist and college professor while photographing felling of trees in campus
To/Against/For: Against use of violence on environmental activistsNumber of signatures required(target): 100
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Professor P. Rajamanickam was photographing the illegitimate felling of trees in his college campus in order to document the illegal activity when he was assaulted by people instigated by the private college management in Madurai. Prof Rajamanickam is a renowned science popularization activist who has been working with the common people for more than three decades as part of the Tamil Nadu Science Forum. An earlier State President of the Tamil Nadu Science Forum (TNSF), a popular science movement and also a former Secretary of the All India People’s Science Network, Prof. Rajamanickam is also the editor of the TNSF newsletter Siragu. He has been recently involved all over Tamil Nadu in lectures, radio programmes, jathas, meeting school students and public in popularizing the preservation of bio-diversity and the need to mitigate climate change.
The Saraswathy Narayanan College, Madurai where he works has a variety of old trees that harbor fruit eating bats and make the campus a pleasant place for the students. Prof. Rajamanickam had been campaigning for the preservation of these trees and the biodiversity of the campus. The trees are said to be worth more than Rs. 30 lakhs. Various petitions have been made earlier to the forest division, the collector and other officials for preventing the felling of these trees. Today morning, observing that the oldest tree in the campus was about to be cut by henchmen of the management without consultation, Prof. Rajamanickam started photographing this for documentation purpose. The henchmen were instigated to attack the professor. Prof. Rajamanickam subsequently filed a complaint with the police station and has been admitted to the General Hospital for treatment of injuries. The resort to violence against people trying to save the ecosystem is strongly condemned. We call upon the Madurai district authorities to intervene and prevent the damage to the ecological system in Saraswathy Narayanan college campus.
Recent Comments
| Name | Comment | |
| Alan Francisco | Exposing environmental injustice does not warrant this assault. | |
| Ganesh Raju | பேரா.பொ.ராஜமாணிக்கம் அவர்கள் மீதான தாக்குதலை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கிறேன். | |
| prema | I strongly condemn the attack on Prof. P. Rajamanickam, a well-know science activist of Tamil Nadu, by the hired hooligans of the management of Saraswathy Narayanan College, Madurai. I appeal to the govt of Tamil Nadu to intervene in the matter and punish the guilty | |
| Krishnamurthy | I strongly condemn the attack on Prof. P. Rajamanickam, a well-know science activist of Tamil Nadu, by the hired hooligans of the management of Saraswathy Narayanan College, Madurai. I appeal to the govt of Tamil Nadu to intervene in the matter and punish the guilty | |
| Dr. R. Murugesan | பேரா.பொ.ராஜமாணிக்கம் அவர்கள் மீதான தாக்குதலை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கிறேன் | |
| ssr | பணமே குறியாக உள்ள தனியார் கல்வி நிறுவனங்களில் மனித உரிமைகளுக்கு ஏது இடம்? மரம் இல்லாவிட்டால் என்ன? மாணவர் கற்றலுக்குத தேவைப்படும் உயிரினத்தைப் பற்றி என்ன கவலை? நிர்வாகத்தின் செயலையும் அரசின் மௌனத்தையும் கண்டிக்கின்றேன். | |
| vishnupriya | This illegal action by the college management should be seriously condemned, and management should be complained even to the Human rights commision | |
| Prasanth Padala | This heinous act on prof.P.Rajamanickam should be dealt with seriuos action. The college management qualifies for/and deserves a strong punishment. | |
| sureshkumar | I Strongly condemn this attack. Police should take action against the college mgt. | |
| சிவரஞ்சனி | பேராசிரியர் மீதான தாக்குதல் மனித தன்மையற்ற செயல் .இதை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கிறேன் ... தவறு செய்தவர்களுக்கு கண்டிப்பாக தண்டனை தர பட வேண்டும் . |
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