Save the Turtles!

[gautam pandey]

The TATAS are constructing a port on the orissa coast. Exactly where the Olive ridley turtles nest!. We have to pressurise them to stop immediately.

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Despite attacks against Greenpeace in the past weeks, we believe we cannot and should not stop our campaign to protect the endangered Olive Ridley turtles from the Tatas’ destructive port in Dhamra.

The good thing about the Tatas is that they listen to their customers. As one of the 100,000 Tata customers that have already supported Greenpeace, you can make sure that your voice is heard.

To speak directly to Mr. Tata, simply follow the instructions below and call 022-66658282 (if you’re calling from outside India, dial [phone]).

Update!
A number of people who have tried to call have not been able to get through. Mr. Ratan Tata doesn’t seem to want to take calls from his customers.

You could also try these numbers:-
Office of Managing Director, Tata Steel
Ph: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Tata Motors
Phone: [phone]

Tata Services
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

POINTS TO REMEMBER:

1) Give your name, and ask to speak directly to Mr. Ratan Tata. If you’re not connected to him, leave a message for him.

2) Always be polite. These people are simply doing their jobs and are not our personal enemies.

3) Do not get into a long argument. Please stick to your demand that construction of the Tata port be suspended immediately until a proper study is done, as there has been no mass-nesting of Olive Ridley turtles in the area since construction started. If the port continues, the turtles might disappear forever.

4) Say good-bye and hang up. After your call, please do place on record a summary of your conversation with the Tatas by filling in the box below.

[Dr. Koushik Dutta]

Whenever I have visited the Orissa coast (not at Dhamra, but south of that near Konark), I have seen dead olive ridley turtles on the beach. You can see three such photos on my album. I personally doubt that whether it will be of any help by calling up Ratan Tata on this issue. However, we may persuade the government to protect the stretches of the sea around the industrial area, so that the turtles are protected from entering that region. The main rookery of these turtles is not exactly at the industrial site, but may be at the south of it. These turtle often die by ingesting plastics and other stuffs. There must be stringent rules for dumping garbages and effluents to the ocean if some industry grows up there. Also it is important to stop the light pollution, which may potentially disorient these turtles.

[gautam pandey]

yeah i agree .. the aim should be protect the entire stretch. Light pollution is a very serious issue adn is known to diorient the newly hatched turtles