Peace meeting or FEAR meeting In few days back, Kandhamal witnessed so many Peace Meetings at grassroots level; starting

from Wards to District headquarters. And still now the process is going on. All these meeting were held to celebrate Christmas peacefully, many top ranked officers, public leaders, representatives from different organizations, people from various communities are presenting their opinions at these meetings. It seems like all are ready to cooperate the administration. As a Sarpanch of a particular panchayat, I was also participated and conducted such type of meetings in different place of my locality. But there are so many question arises in my mind, and sometimes I bound to think that is it the freedom of my country? Though in a democratic country everyone has the constitutional right to speak, hence everyone can call a BANDH??? But we should know our limits, when we decided to do such things. Our freedom should not cause obstruct to others. Kandhamal is suffering from various wounds. The land problem, fake caste certificate issues, lack of proper developmental works, educational issues, child care, health etc, etc, etc.. The list will continue. Who knows how long? Still then it have some outstanding results, Mundigarh GP of Tumudibandh Block becomes the best GP, getting the 1st position in executing and implementing MGNREGA activities. The district becomes first is state in this matter. A poor pupil Bagmit Baral draws the attention of rest of the country by his hard work. These happen only due to dedication of someone, a group or by a specific interest group. But, but on the opposite of these things a simple rumor can easily creates a communal riot in this district. Contract to this things people use Rape as a weapon and Pregnant mothers and infants pay a heavy price Rape as a weapon Sexual violence against women has been used as a weapon in areas of ethnic oppression and conflict. Kandhamal was no exception. There are several other reports of sexual assault and molestation and it is highly likely that many other such cases have gone unreported due to the shame attached, warned the study Genocide in Kandhamal by the Human Rights Law Network. The legal action group in its study released before the end of 2008 one of the first studies on the Kandhamal carnage and mayhem expressed this fear after elaborating on the rape of the young Catholic nun in public. Pregnant mothers and infants pay a heavy price The expulsion of the Christians from their native villages in Kandhamal led to another silent tragedy. If over a hundred Christians had perished in the orchestrated violence, many more young lives were snuffed out as a result of the massive displacement. Kandhamals Forgotten Children, a study by Haq a child rights group based in New Delhi, brought out this silent tragedy that unfolded in Kandhamal due to thousands of Christian families languishing in dingy refugee camps and in no-mans areas on empty stomachs. The sudden spurt in stillbirths, witnessed in Kandhamal, was the outcome of the distress pregnant women underwent during months of fleeing and malnourishment in the refugee camps.

There were also dozens of cases of miscarriages, premature deliveries, forced abortions and even deaths of two pregnant women in the refugee camps as no assistance was available to pregnant women during delivery in the refugee camps. From stillbirths to infant mortality rate, the figures shot up in Kandhamal as a result of displacement of 56,000 Christians who were rendered homeless in the orchestrated violence and had to take shelter in dingy refugee camps. Infant deaths shot up suddenly from 603 in 2007-8 to 837 in 2008-9 an increase of 234 during the period. The fact that this figure declined to 750 in 2009-10 further confirmed that infants had to pay a heavy price perhaps much higher than the adults as a result of the orchestrated violence. The IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) in Nuagam block one of the worst affected areas also shot up from 37 in 2007 to 88 in 2008. The sharp deterioration in child health status in Kandhamal following the violence, the study pointed out, was in areas worst affected and rooted in the widespread violence and displacement.[5] This debilitating impact of the anti-Christian violence on the infants also fetched another ignominy for Kandhamal as the district with the highest under-five child mortality rate in the country. For every 1,000 children born in the district, 145 died before the age of five, declared the Annual Health Survey Bulletin of India that was released in August 2011. This is the naked reality of Kandhamal, where some bogus people sell their BPL status in exchange of a very little amount. They can even mortgage their bank passbooks. In this context why these Peace Meetings are going on? Is there any fear of breach of peace? On the nick moments of Christmas, these meetings create a fear in Christian community. They are compelled to think that, if there is no fear then why for these peace meetings were organized? There may be any confidential reasons with the administration to organize such meeting, who knows? For how long the Kandhamal Christians will celebrate Christmas under gun points?? Why Peace Meetings were held at Kandhamal, just before Christmas? Is there any fear of breach of peace during Christmas? Is there any confidential information on breach of Peace? Can the Administration give us answers on these questions? If no, why the Government is not finding a permanent solution on this matter? Dear do you have any answer on this subject? Answer me!!!!!!!!