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Massbulletin 05.11.24

RA WCom: Letter to GB and MoE re Evergreen land grab

Dear Community,

We are sharing with you here a letter sent to the Governing Board and International Advisory

Council yesterday regarding the very disturbing situation regarding the forceful land grab at

Evergreen by the 'land developer', PKS. A similar letter was also sent to the Ministry of

Education.

Other actions are being taken by us, our land resource people, Evergreen residents and other

concerned residents.

We believe there are strong grounds to file and win an appeal in spite of the current distressing

situation on the ground so we are urging the AVFO and GB to take quick and strong legal action

to regain this precious land of Auroville.

In service,

The Working Committee of the RA

Aravinda, Bharathy, Chali, Mael (TOS), Matthieu, Prashant, Valli

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Dear Respected Chairman and members of the Governing Board,

We must bring to your attention a very urgent matter that requires your intervention.

Due to the delay by the Ministry of Education in appointing a Secretary or Acting Secretary,

there is a vacuum of authority within the Auroville Foundation Office (AVFO) here that is

resulting in loss of land, loss of trees and a potential law and order risk.

There is a piece of land on the roadside near Evergreen community that was in the peaceful

possession of Auroville for over 32 years and for which land taxes were paid, but which was

forcibly taken over by one land shark named PK Subramaniam (PKS) in June 2022. Residents

managed to stop him from taking complete possession by going on site repeatedly until finally

at the insistence of the Residents, the Secretary at that time, Jayanti Ravi, had a case filed in the

Tindivanam Court. An interim order was subsequently given in favor of the AVF. Unfortunately,

We are ready to meet you or provide more information by email at any time.

Sincerely,

The Working Committee of the Residents’ Assembly of the Auroville Foundation

Aravinda Maheshwari, Chali Grinnell, Ilayabharathy Somasundaram, Mael Shanti Vidal (TOS),

Matthieu Gardelle, Prashant Hedao, Valli Senthilkumar

Cc: International Advisory Council Members