Topic: people

The people, under the banner of a protest council, have been agitating against land acquisition for the project. They raised serious concern about the safety of pipeline, compensation for their land and loss of houses. The pipe line is passing through small villages, where hundreds of people live closely. For most of them, its their lifetime saving.

Overall IMR in Gujarat is 36 (2013), slightly better than the national average of 40, but way behind Kerala's 12. IMR among the tribal population of Gujarat, based on 2005 figures, is 86, much much worse than Kerala's!