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July 3rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
International campaigners for the rights of indigenous peoples had called for
a controversial highway which skirts a reserve for the Jarawa to be
abandoned to minimise contact between the tribals and the outside world.
Their isolation however is unpopular in India where development is regarded a
higher priority and the conservation proposals seen as a barrier to tourism
development.
India’s
supreme court ruling followed a petition by a local resort owner claiming
his right to develop his enterprise within a buffer zone to protect the
Jarawa.
The Indian government had earlier proposed to restrict commercial activity
within the buffer zone to businesses employing fewer than 20 people and with
a turnover of less than £120,000.
But the court effectively struck down its proposals and instead banned all
commercial activity in the area. Buses will still be allowed to drive along
the highway connecting the north and south of the island which passes
through the buffer zone.
The campaign group Survival International told The Daily Telegraph it welcomed
the court’s ruling but feared the Jarawa would never be fully protected
while the road through the buffer zone remains open to tourists.
“Hundreds of tourists every day are still going to be allowed to drive
through the Jarawa’s land to ogle at the tribe, treating them like animals
in a safari park. The road deprives the Jarawa of their dignity and denies
them their right to control if and when they have contact with outsiders.
An alternative route must be put in place as soon as possible and the road
closed,” said Sophie Grig, the group’s senior campaigner.
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