Please find the rough translation below. -Short introduction about auroville. -Information ab...

Please find the rough translation below. -Short introduction about auroville. -Information about the MoU signed between auroville and IIT Madras. -auroville has been a pioneer in natural farming, architecture, seed saving, food forest, water conservation and sustainable living. In 1995 ARISE (Agricultural Renewal in India for Sustainable Environment) was formed at Annapurna. Some of the prominent members who attended the first meeting were, the current tamilnadu planning commission member Dr. Sultan Ismail, Claude Alvares, Nammalvar, Kapil Shah and many seed savers and activists. The earth institute, Solitude Farm, Pebble Garden, Pichandikullam Forest, Sadhana Forest, Auro Orchard, Annapurna Farm and similar communities in auroville are a source of knowledge and have been conducting training sessions. -Some information about the Auro Orchard land deal and its consequences. Land worth around 65 to 105 crores has been exchanged to land worth 10 to 20 crores. This is a great loss to auroville and it makes you wonder if there were any unaccounted transactions. -information about Annapurna farm, its size and its produce. Auroville foundation claims that only 35 acres were used, but on the contrary 20 acres paddy, 25 acres fodder, 30 acres gracing, 37 acres forest, cow shelter, water conservation ponds, processing infrastructure, housing etc. it is a major food source for auroville. IITs sustainability campus is planned to occupy 100 acres of this farm. What is the need to destroy a 40 year old farm for this. Was an environmental impact study done before taking this decision? could an alternative place be used for this initiative? We still cannot understand why such a decision was taken by auroville. Why is the MoU signed been kept as a secret? For whatever reason, destroying this fertile land in which so much of hard labour was put into for so many years is not acceptable.