Saturday, 5 June 2021, 4:15 pm
There
is a growing call to save Lakshadweep islands from attempts
to destroy them socially, culturally and ecologically. One
of the key demands is for the government of India to recall
the Administrator appointed in Lakshadweep immediately and
ensure democratic rights to decision-making are held by the
islanders.
The National Alliance of People's Movements
(NAPM) condemned and opposed the recent measures brought in
and proposed by the Lakshadweep Union Territory
Administrator, Praful Khoda Patel. These will disrupt the
local ecological, social and cultural balance of the
Lakshadweep islands and its community of around 65,000
inhabitants, through destructive developmentalism and