The Gandhian movement Ekta Parishad plans to organise a march for land rights in October 2012 in India, aiming to gathering around 100,000 indigenous people, dalits and poor peasants. Support is shaping up around the world, at events such as an international mobilisation conference in Geneva Sep. 12-13."In India, a large number of adivasi (indigenous people) are pushed out of their land because of mining, huge dams, wildlife protection, industrialisation and tourism. Every time you have a new industry, they bear the cost of development. That is why there is a lot of agitation and uprising of adivasi, both armed and non-violent", Ekta Parishad president P.V.Rajagopal told IPS in an interview.
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