Timeline

 

Complete timeline in chronological order.

A list of acronyms is provided at the bottom.

 

Past events that lead to where we are today.

Thursday, December 2nd

Youth Centre and Bliss Forest members receive an email from Auroville Town Development Council (ATDC) informing them that the work on clearing the 16.7m ‘right…

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Friday, December 3rd

Youth Centre responds via email, demanding a stay on this decision, given the short notice. They summarise their many efforts to progress alternative options for…

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Saturday, December 4th, 9AM

Saturday, December 4th, 9AM

Contrary to what Auroville Town Development Council (ATDC) had previously informed the Youth Centre and Bliss Forest stewards, bulldozers (from Auroville Road Service) arrive at…

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Saturday, December 4th, 9.30AM

Saturday, December 4th, 9.30AM

Caretakers call out for help. More than a hundred Aurovilians rush to the site. The police is called by the Foundation. After being given all…

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Saturday, December 4th, 12PM

Saturday, December 4th, 12PM

Residents reach out to the WC and the ATDC for explanation and gather to decide on a way forward. Three future Residents Assembly Decision-making meetings…

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Saturday, December 4th, 10.15PM

Saturday, December 4th, 10.15PM

Three bulldozers and diggers are spotted outside the Foundation office. A late-night meeting is taking place, with people coming and going.

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Sunday, December 5th, 1AM

Bulldozers leave the Foundation office with members of the ATDC, escorted by many police officers, and head to Bliss Forest to complete their work of…

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Sunday, December 5th, 3PM

Sunday, December 5th, 3PM

Shocked community members gather at Kalabhumi amphitheatre to discuss the agressive events. The consensus is that the events represent a kind of behaviour that cannot…

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Sunday, December 5th

The Auroville International Board (AVI Centres) sends a statement to the Working Committee and the Secretary of Auroville Foundation in support of the community. View…

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Monday, December 6th, 6PM

Five Aurovilians meet the Secretary at Matrimandir. She verbally offers INR 10 lakh to the YC, and the possibility of relocating the buildings in the…

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Monday, December 6th, 8PM

Monday, December 6th, 8PM

Youth Centre (YC) members call an emergency meeting to report the outcome of the talk with the Secretary, as they have been given only twelve…

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Tuesday, December 7th, 7AM

No answer has been received from the Secretary’s office directly after 7AM, the deadline given by the Secretary. The YC continues to wait for a…

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Tuesday, December 7th, 8AM

Tuesday, December 7th, 8AM

A spontaneous meeting is held with the wider community at the Youth Center. No answer from the Secretary’s office so far. While the meeting is…

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Tuesday, December 7th, 12PM

Outreach Media (Auroville’s service that facilitates external media relations on behalf of the community) is told by the Foundation to “refrain on issuing any statements…

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Tuesday, December 7th, 3PM

In order to support the youth in these challenging times, a peaceful get-together is planned at Youth Centre (YC) so that the community can heal…

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Tuesday, December 7th, 8.30PM

Tuesday, December 7th, 8.30PM

Darkali stewards make a presentation to ATDC for their proposal to develop the land in an ecologically sensitive manner.

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Wednesday, December 8th

The Residents Assembly asks the Working Committee (WC) to organise an emergency RAD. The request is refused by the majority of the WC members, with…

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Wednesday, December 8th

Wednesday, December 8th

An alternative, more environmentally-sensitive proposal for the development of Bliss Forest – that was first presented to ATDC on October 25 – was re-posted on…

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Wednesday, December 8th

Wednesday, December 8th

Announcement of a first General Meeting for the process of the first RAD scheduled for 20th December: to put on hold the development of the…

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Thursday, December 9th, 7AM

Thursday, December 9th, 7AM

More than 100 unidentified people, allegedly hired by an Aurovilian under the order of the Foundation Secretariat, enter the Youth Centre (YC) with two bulldozers….

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Thursday, December 9th, 9AM

Thursday, December 9th, 9AM

Within two hours of the onset of the enforced destruction, all the buildings are down. Aurovilians watch in shock. More buildings were taken down than…

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Thursday, December 9th, 3PM

Thursday, December 9th, 3PM

While some residents attend a meeting at the Unity Pavilion called by the Foundation, bulldozers, driven by people from a distant village (not direct neighbours…

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Thursday, December 9th, 6PM

Thursday, December 9th, 6PM

The community is informed that at 6AM the following morning, bulldozing will restart at Darkali. Peaceful protesters continue to camp at the site overnight.

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Friday, December 10th, 7.30AM

Friday, December 10th, 7.30AM

Four bulldozers, along with Auroville’s road service and members of ATDC arrive in Darkali. They start bulldozing work, while Auroville residents protest silently. 

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Friday, December 10th, 11AM

A bulldozer heads along the ATDC indicated path towards a precious water catchment, and a few Aurovilians stop it. 

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Friday, December 10th, 2PM

JCBs start the work on the other side of Darkali.

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Friday, December 10th, 2.30PM

Friday, December 10th, 2.30PM

A Stay Order is obtained from the National Green Tribunal, which orders that the felling of trees must stop for one week (until 17 December)….

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Friday, December 10th

Former International Advisory Council (IAC) members send a collective statement to the Chairman of the Governing Board, sharing their deep admiration for Auroville and their equally deep concern regarding…

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Saturday, December 11th

Auroville’s current IAC expresses its concerns in writing to the GB, and calls for inclusiveness and collaboration.

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Saturday, December 11th, 2PM

Saturday, December 11th, 2PM

Auroville Road Service team is seen working in Bliss forest again, with a parked bulldozer, a tractor and a trailer. They are accompanied by one…

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Sunday, December 12th

Sunday, December 12th

Auroville Road Service proceeds with the marking for the high tension cable.

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Wednesday, December 15th

Wednesday, December 15th

Auroville Road Service continue the work at Youth Center and Bliss    

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Thursday, December 16th

Thursday, December 16th

Leveling of the road and digging of the trenches for HT cable is still going on at Youth Center and Bliss

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Friday, December 17th

Friday, December 17th

The stay order has been extended until the next hearing on the 21st.

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Saturday, December 18th

Saturday, December 18th

The trench work still goes on.

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Monday, December 20th, 4.00PM

Monday, December 20th, 4.00PM

The Resident Assembly Service is holding a meeting in preparation for a decision-making to Stop all development work on the Crown until further notice from…

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Tuesday, December 21st

Tuesday, December 21st

The stay order has been extended until the next hearing on the January 3rd, 2022.  

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Wednesday, December 22nd, 8AM

Wednesday, December 22nd, 8AM

Against the stay order prohibiting any activities in the area, Auroville Road Service starts laying the HT cable in the trench, despite some trees standing…

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December 22nd, 2021

December 22nd, 2021

The AVI board sends a second letter to Dr Jayanti Ravi, Secretary of the Auroville Foundation, and to the members of the Governing Board.

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December 28th 2021

December 28th 2021

The ATDC informs the community that they will not take into account the ongoing Resident Assembly decision process to make a pause on the development…

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January 2nd 2022

January 2nd 2022

Second meeting of the Residents’ Assembly to organise a RAD to pause the development till a decision is made by the community. The question for…

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January 4th, 2022

The hearing at the Court continues, next one will be on Monday, January 10th 2022. The status quo order continues. Meanwhile the sessions for a…

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January 7th, 2022

January 7th, 2022

The Resident Service in charge of maintaining the Master list of children and adult Aurovilians as well as New comers. They help and coordinate concerning…

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January 16th, 2022

January 16th, 2022

The AVI Board (Auroville international) adresses a letter to the Secretary and the Governing Board to express their concern on the form that Aurovilians are…

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January 18th, 2022

January 18th, 2022

The change.org petition has reached 50 000 signatures. Meanwhile, the Governing Board of the Auroville Foundation meets again in Auroville with no interaction with the…

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January 19th, 2022

These past few days, several Aurovilians have received a visit from the Pondicherry RRO. The immigration officers indicated that the RRO has received a list of…

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January 20th, 2022

Several members of the Working Committee send a letter to the Resident Assembly to address a breach of trust that has happened between the seven…

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January 21th, 2022

Outreachmedia, (Auroville’s service that facilitates external media relations on behalf of the community) is told by the Secretary’s Office to “hand over all the movable…

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January 26th, 2022

January 26th, 2022

Outcome of the RA decision-making process The community has massively voted yes on the question asked through the RAD ( resident assembly décision making process)….

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January 29th, 2022

The Working committee sends a letter to the secretary of the Governing Board about the results of the Resident Assembly decision regarding the crown road,…

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February 8th 2022

It’s not a bout trees anymore.. Follow up on events regarding outreach media. After the email Outreach Media received from the Under Secretary requesting to…

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February 9th 2022

February 9th 2022

In the morning while coming to work, the aurovilians working in the Archives building discovered that a notice had been put on the Outreachmedia door,…

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February 14th, 2022

A letter, signed by more than 325 Aurovilians, is sent to the FAMC and the Working Committee regarding the take over of Outreachmedia office.  …

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February 21st 2022

February 21st 2022

During the week between the February 21st (the Mother’s birthday) and February 28th ( Auroville’s anniversary), an Auroville festival was organised to celebrate unity by…

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February 27th, 2022

The same men who led and coordinated the destruction and violence at the Youth Centre on the morning of December 9th are being thanked and…

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March 15th, 2022

MoU between AV Foundation and the CPWD A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on March 15, 2022 between the Auroville Foundation and the Central…

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March 23rd, 2022

For over a year, Pitchandikulam stewards and the Land Board have been dealing with a dispute over the road access of newly purchased private property…

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March 31st, 2022

Legal case against AVFO regarding Outreach Media An Aurovilian filed a case against the Auroville Foundation represented by its Secretary in the Madras High Court…

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April 27th, 2022

April 27th, 2022

Four members of the Working Committee (Anu, Arun, Partha and Srimoyi), allegedly supported by the Office of the Secretary, have attempted to take over the…

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April 29th, 2022

April 29th, 2022

For those who don’t want to read all 78 pages of the NGT order of April 28, here are the directions of the Tribunal: “125….

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May 2nd, 2022

May 2nd, 2022

Ignoring the directives of the National green tribunal, the same individuals who initiated the destruction of the Youth Centre and Darkali Forest are now destroying…

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May 5th, 2022

The ATDC has just (on 5th May) sent a message to the Youth Centre team in this e-mail requesting that the YC team ‘dismantle’ –…

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May 7th, 2022

The foundation office has sent a letter to intimate the RA to stop all decision-making processes by asking that beforehand the list of Aurovilian (…

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May 8th, 2022

May 8th, 2022

A letter is sent by concerned Aurovilians to the Secretary of the Auroville foundation regards to the demand of the ATDC about so-called unauthorized construction…

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May 9th, 2022

May 9th, 2022

A letter is sent by concerned residents to the GB in response to their intimation of stopping the RA process: Response to Dr. G Seetharaman…

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May 9th, 2022

May 9th, 2022

At the same time a reply is formulated by a part of the divided Working Committee: Dear Sir, We are in receipt of your letter…

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May 9th, 2022

Updating the Community on the Youth Center’s communication with the ATDC Dear ATDC/L’Avenir d’Auroville 9th May 2022 CCed: AVC, WC, AVF, FAMC We have some…

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May 10th, 2022

May 10th, 2022

Outcome of the Resident Assembly DECISION-MAKING PROCESS: This decision made by the Residents Assembly is to replace the 4 Working Committee members who condoned the…

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May 12th, 2022

May 12th, 2022

Occupation of the WC meeting room Aurovilians former members of the WC dismissed by the decision of the RAD are refusing to step back, and…

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May 17th, 2022

May 17th, 2022

The AV Foundation Office has demanded administrative access to all of Auroville’s electronic media supposedly due to a ‘complaint’ about ‘anti-government activities’. The email below…

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May 18th, 2022

May 18th, 2022

The Foundation Office has sent the police to the Town Hall. They wanted the Working Committee of the Resident Assembly to give keys to the offices…

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May 19th, 2022

May 19th, 2022

After the police intervention on May 18th 2022 at the Town Hall called by the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation and the shut down of…

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May 20th, 2022

May 20th, 2022

The intranet of Auroville, Auronet, and SYSOP, the service in charge of the domain name of Auroville and related email addresses of the working groups,…

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May 21th, 2022

May 21th, 2022

The community has been informed that on 17 May, the Office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation filed a police complaint against six Aurovilians, for…

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May 22nd, 2022

May 22nd, 2022

Working Committee Press Release Following the different actions of these last days perpetrated by the office of the Secretary of the Auroville Foundation and the…

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May 25th 2022

May 25th 2022

The former members of the Working Committee who have been dismissed by a decision of the Resident Assembly are refusing to quit and have created…

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May 27th, 2022

May 27th, 2022

Communication sent by the Working Committee of the Resident Assembly to the community on May 27th 2022 through mass bulletin: Dear Community, We hope that…

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May 27th, 2022

May 27th, 2022

The Secretary of The Auroville Foundation is trying to take over the FAMC (Funds and Assets Management Committee of Auroville). The FAMC is the group…

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June 1st, 2022

June 1st, 2022

Mass Bulletin service taken over by the Secretariat of the Auroville Foundation Office June 1st, the resident in charge for the [email protected] email ID  informed the…

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June 2nd, 2022

June 2nd, 2022

Working Committee locks changed, and email taken over The Working Committee has confirmed that last night the locks of their office and meeting room in…

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June 3rd, 2022

June 3rd, 2022

Following the different concerning and alarming events of these last days , The Working Committee has sent an urgent update to the community: Urgent updates from…

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June 4th, 2022

June 4th, 2022

The community has received a letter via the Massbulletin (previously taken over by the Office of the secretary of The Auroville Foundation) that states the…

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June 8th, 2022

June 8th, 2022

Clarification on Working Committee and RoR In the light of the confusion surrounding the Working Committee of the Residents Assembly and the updating of the…

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June 7th, 2022

June 7th, 2022

A letter has been sent on June 7th 2022 by the bona fide Working Committee of the Resident assembly to the secretary of the Governing…

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June 13th, 2022

June 13th, 2022

1/ A writ petition* was filled by the Working Committee of Residents Assembly represented by Hemant L. member of the bona fide Working Committee of…

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June 14th, 2022

June 14th, 2022

Clarification regarding questionable appointments of FAMC and ATDC by the office of the Secretary, from the Working Committee and the Auroville Council Clarification regarding questionable…

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June 22nd, 2022

June 22nd, 2022

The Auroville Foundation Office has taken over the Auroville Archives*. Unknown and unauthorised persons have taken over the archives of Auroville, it has many personal…

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June 24th, 2022

June 24th, 2022

Another office order has been issued by the Under Secretary of The Auroville Foundation Office which appoint a new management for the management of the…

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June 24th, 2022

June 24th, 2022

Update from the Working Committee of the Residents’ Assembly regarding the court cases: We would like to update the community about the legal cases that…

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June 27th, 2022

June 27th, 2022

The dismissed and self appointed Working Committee supported by the Secretary of the Governing Board states: ” The Foundation Office communicated to us today that…

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June 28th, 2022

June 28th, 2022

The Secretariat of the Auroville Foundation Office tries to take over the Land Board thus with an office order which is again invalid and illegal….

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June 29th, 2022

Several units and services have received emails and a ‘Circular’ from the AVFO’s ‘FAMC’ members requesting to meet. As with the other ‘Working Groups’ appointed…

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July 1st, 2022

July 1st, 2022

The Auroville Council are asked from the members illegitimately appointed by the Secretary of ACUR (management of the Town Hall building) to vacate from Town…

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July 1st, 2022

July 1st, 2022

The bona fide Working Committee of the Residents Assembly adresses a letter to the Governing Board on 1st July 2022: Working Committee : Request to instruct…

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July 2nd, 2022

July 2nd, 2022

Walk for Auroville unity Around 500 Aurovilians have gathered in response to the disharmony Auroville is currently facing. To counter the division which is being…

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July 4th, 2022

July 4th, 2022

Town Hall: Chief Security of Auroville Foundation Office comes to the Auroville Council Meeting room to ask that the AVC vacates the place or he…

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July 4th, 2022

July 4th, 2022

Legal update on Court cases. On 4th July, the Madras High Court (Chennai) was due to hear a case requesting that the Auroville Foundation, represented…

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July 5th, 2022

July 5th, 2022

A letter is adressed to the Governing Board by the Working Committee of the Residents Assembly to inform of the new selected members of the…

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July 9th, 2022

July 9th, 2022

Despite the Ngt order, one appointed spoke person by the secretary and other persons are ordering a JCB to level the trench at YC that…

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July 11th, 2022

July 11th, 2022

On Friday 8th and Saturday 9th July, without prior notice, a JCB entered the Youth Centre accompanied by Joel Van Lierde (“spokesperson” for the AVFO)…

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July 11th, 2022

July 11th, 2022

Joint letter from WCom, FAMC, and Council sent to Land Board By AV Council (AVC) , 11 Jul 2022 / 11:13 am in Announcement Dear…

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July 13th, 2022

July 13th, 2022

SAIIER staff quarters ‘Harmony’ & ‘Prosperity’ taken over by AVFO Last week a member of the AVFO took the keys to all the remaining unallocated…

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July 13th, 2022

July 13th, 2022

Financial Service (FS) accounts of Working Groups of the RA have been frozen Members’ access to the Financial Services (FS) accounts of both the WCom…

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July 16th, 2022

July 16th, 2022

Community Potluck at the Certitude sports ground. A potluck was organized in an effort to bring the community together and strengthen the unity of the…

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July 19th, 2022

July 19th, 2022

Over the last week, “work” on the proposed Crown area including the destruction and removal of trees is being carried out by the AVFO’s “ATDC”….

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July 24th, 2022

July 24th, 2022

In the past week, bulldozers have been popping up in various sections of Auroville without warning, specifically in stretches between Darkali, Language Lab, and the…

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July 25th, 2022

July 25th, 2022

This weekend, ignoring a stay order from the courts, bulldozers continue to raze down parts of the Youth Center, uprooting trees and ripping out the…

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July 25th, 2022

July 25th, 2022

BCC given Office Order by AVFO to stop all project funds except maintenance On 25th July, members of the BCC team and the Unity Fund…

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July 27th, 2022

July 27th, 2022

In addition to removing without notice a large section of road between Bliss-Horizon last week, on 26th July a section was also removed on the…

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July 28th, 2022

July 28th, 2022

Freezing of City Services budget: Update from the BCC By Budget Coordination Committee (BCC) , 28 Jul 2022 Dear Auroville Community, Our team has been…

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July 29th, 2022

July 29th, 2022

Yesterday, one of the appointees of the Foundation Office violently tried to remove Sathiya, the Auroville Council secretary, from the room of the Council that…

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July 30th, 2022

July 30th, 2022

Takeover of the BCC The community has received a letter via the Massbulletin that states the takeover of BCC for the Office of the secretary…

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August 4th, 2022

August 4th, 2022

Note from FAMC Dear community, In regards to the “GB-FAMC” massbulletin email dated 30 July 2022 regarding the constitution of a new Budget Coordination Service,…

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August 8th, 2022

Message sent by the Bona Fide Working Committee to the AVI (Auroville International) after a message has been sent by the self appointed Aurovilians who…

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August 9th, 2022

August 9th, 2022

Residents Assembly TDC reg Crown NGT report, 9 August 2022 Dear Community, The Joint Committee appointed by the National Green Tribunal will finalise its report…

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August 10th, 2022

August 10th, 2022

Auroville Earth Institute – Report on Quality of Crown Road Work Satprem Maïni of the Auroville Earth Institute, UNESCO Chair of Earthen Architecture, has written…

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August 12th, 2022

August 12th, 2022

Victory in the High Court for WCom & ATDC cases WCom TDC Judgement High Court Judgement extracts The three petitions that were awaiting judgment in…

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August 15th, 2022

August 15th, 2022

On 15th August in Mahalakshmi park, a new project was inaugurated by the Secretary. It consists of a ‘calisthenics’ area with outdoor sports equipment. While…

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August 18th, 2022

August 18th, 2022

Directly following the results of the court case on 12th August, the doors to the Working Committee offices were locked. On the morning of 16th…

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August 17th, 2022

August 17th, 2022

Following the Judgement of the Madras High Court dated 12.08.2022 the bona fide Working Committee send a notice to the group who have taken over the…

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August 19th, 2022

August 19th, 2022

Emergency RAD – August 2022 Joint statement from the working groups of the RA on the current legal situation, the Emergency RAD and a response…

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August 19th, 2022

Auroville Land exchange The Auroville Foundation Office, in collaboration with the Land Board (LB), has proceeded to exchange a plot of land adjacent to the…

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August 22nd, 2022

August 22nd, 2022

The report from the joint committee (August 18th 2022) has been transmitted to the community today August 22nd 2022 In the last court hearing of…

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August 23th, 2022

August 23th, 2022

On 23rd August another vital section of road was dug up thus going against both the NGT judgement and the High Court of Madras judgment,…

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August 24th, 2022

August 24th, 2022

Despite the Judgement of the Madras High Court dated 12.08.2022 and the letter addressed by the bona fide Working Committee to the group that has taken…

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August 24th, 2022

August 24th, 2022

OUTCOME OF THE EMERGENCY RA DECISION-MAKING PROCESS TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF THE RESIDENTS’ ASSEMBLY No. RAD/04/2022 To_Chairman_GB_Members_IAC_Members_Oucome_of_the_RAD_dt_25_08_22 Here are the results of the Emergency RAD…

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August 26th, 2022

August 26th, 2022

Madras High Court: the Foundation office appeal on the judgment of 12/08/2022 On 26 August 2022, an appeal bench of the Madras High Court gave…

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August 27th, 2022

August 27th, 2022

A member of the ATDC (town planning which was appointed by the Secretary ) along with the head of Security of the Secretary came with…

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August 30th, 2022

August 30th, 2022

Dear Community, This is to inform you that your mails are not reaching BCC. This is because the passwords to our various BCC inboxes (@auroville.org.in)…

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August 31th, 2022

August 31th, 2022

Attempt of take over of the Housing Board and Housing Service by the office of the Secretary  A group of Individuals have been illegal nominated…

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September 1st, 2022

September 1st, 2022

For several weeks there has been a call for presence at the Abri Ami corner, due to encroachment and development on Auroville’s and Micheal Bonke’s…

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September 2nd, 2022

September 2nd, 2022

On 2nd September the Working Committee sent an update to the community reminding them ‘not to engage with or recognize’ any of the illegitimate members…

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September 2nd, 2022

September 2nd, 2022

The offices of Housing Service and BCC were found locked. When asked to open them, ACUR ‘management’ appointed by the Secretary (Lieve, Venkatesh) refused to…

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September 4th, 2022

September 4th, 2022

Saiier staff quarters taken over by the Secretary for her staff (here for her driver). These staff quarters are meant for Auroville school teachers.

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September 5th, 2022

September 5th, 2022

Update on Supreme Court over NGT Appeal Appellant: Auroville Foundation Respondents: Navroz, Sandeep and all other parties who were in the NGT case except Auroville…

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September 8th, 2022

On the 26th August, Mr. Raghu Ananthanarayan received a formal letter from the Secretary of the AVFO, stating that the GB is requesting a process…

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September 12th, 2022

September 12th, 2022

A JCB tore through Evergreen forest at 4 AM Tuesday night, leaving fallen regenerated forest in its wake. This event comes months after encroachers, headed…

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September 23rd, 2022

September 23rd, 2022

Update on land-related matters from the Working Committee Dear community, We would like to update you on matters related to land-grabbing and land exchange issues….

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September 25th, 2022

September 25th, 2022

Update regarding Evergreen encroachment from the Working Committee Dear community, On Friday 23rd September, following the violent events at Evergreen, a delegation of Aurovilians met…

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September 30th, 2022

September 30th, 2022

RA-appointed Working Group members moved onto bridging maintenances While the daily management of Auroville is left to the Residents’ Assembly as per the Auroville Foundation…

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October, 1st, 2022

October, 1st, 2022

A JCB is clearing in the forest of Bliss leaded by an engineer allegedly hired by CPWD. Despite of the NGT ruling, the decision of…

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October, 3th, 2022

October, 3th, 2022

Unauthorised clearing in Existence / Bliss forest Dear Community, Friday afternoon and Saturday morning a JCB accompanied by an engineer from the Central Public Works…

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October, 8st, 2022

October, 8st, 2022

Encroachment of Evergreen Forest On October 8th, despite the RDO intervention asking to stop the work, PKS sent workers to continue the fencing at Evergreen….

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October, 11th, 2022

October, 11th, 2022

Clarifications re Ami/Abri/Evergreen land issue and ‘shadow groups’ Dear community, We would like to update you about the unfolding of events at Evergreen, and inform…

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October, 12th, 2022

October, 12th, 2022

For several months Saiier has been silently taken over by the Secretary. Saiier is the Auroville trust which is channeling the funds to finance the…

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October, 14th, 2022

October, 14th, 2022

BCC can no longer operate as before – but remain committed to serve Auroville In a Massbulletin shared with the community on 14th October, the…

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October, 19th, 2022

October, 19th, 2022

RA WCom: report on our meeting with Sri R.N. Ravi Dear community, We would like to inform you that on Wednesday, 19th October, the Working…

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October, 25th, 2022

October, 25th, 2022

Secretary demands Aurovilians to evacuate a residential asset Dear all, The community needs to be aware that the Office of the Secretary, Auroville Foundation is…

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November 2nd, 2022

November 2nd, 2022

Update & Report from the Working Committee selected by the Residents’ Assembly From August to October 2022 Full report

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November 7th, 2022

November 7th, 2022

After having for the first time since his nomination accepted to meet the bonafide Working Committee of the Residents Assembly, the chairman of the Governing…

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November 17th, 2022

November 17th, 2022

City Service income and budget take-over Dear residents, The Budget Coordination Committee (BCC) previously announced in mid-October that the City Service budget and income has…

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November 19th, 2022

November 19th, 2022

RA WCom: On legal developments and court cases Dear Community, We are receiving many questions from residents in regards to the ongoing court cases, especially…

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December 5th, 2022

December 5th, 2022

The road works on the Crown have been resumed by the Office of the Secretary’s ‘ATDC’ and the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), this unauthorized…

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December 26th, 2022

December 26th, 2022

Clearing work at Matrimandir, violation of RA processes and NGT court order. A large area inside the MM fence is being cleared. According to information…

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December 26th, 2022

Legal threats by “AVF Legal”. Unsigned emails from “AVF Legal” have been sent to some Aurovilians containing threats based on misinterpretation of the Auroville Foundation act. The…

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December 27th, 2022

GB meeting held in Chennai without informing residents In a major break with precedent and protocol, the Auroville Governing Board met last week in Chennai…

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December 21th, 2022

December 21th, 2022

The Auroville activities under the umbrella of KK trust, one of the trust under which are activities managed by Aurovilians for Auroville have been informed…

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January 5th, 2023

January 5th, 2023

Take over of the News and Notes (N&N) In the last week’s edition of the News and Notes, the newspaper of Auroville, it was noted…

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January 7th, 2023

January 7th, 2023

Usurpation of the Budget Committee The bonafide Working Committee and FAMC are addressing to the community a letter regarding the financial hardship caused by those…

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January 8th, 2023

January 8th, 2023

Destruction of Auroville roads continues. Despite a loud communication in the medias by the Secretary’s office that they are building the city and the crown…

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January 10th, 2023

Aurovilians summoned to an audit ‘Enquiry Committee’ Following the financial audits of units last year, several unit executives have received letters instructing them to attend…

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January 13th, 2023

In November 2022 an announcement was shared by the ‘Resettlement Group’, a team consisting of Jaya (illegally appointed AVFO’s ‘ATDC’), Geeta (illegally appointed VFO’s ‘FAMC’)…

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January 13th, 2023

January 13th, 2023

The illegally appointed FAMC has sent a communication to the community requesting everyone to add the logo of the G20 to their email signature. This…

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January 20th, 2023

January 20th, 2023

FIR filed by PKS against 32 people related to Evergreen land grab PK Subramani, the person responsible for encroaching and grabbing Auroville land in Evergreen…

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January 20th, 2023

Misuse of Auroville.org. emails: After the communication sent by the illegally appointed FAMC requesting the community to add to their email’s signature the logo of…

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February 3th, 2023

February 3th, 2023

Trees marked and armed. At Certitude, trees have been marked by some individuals hired by the secretary’s office. Apparently, these individuals have been allegedly asked…

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February 5th, 2023

February 5th, 2023

Arbitrary evictions. The illegally appointed FAMC has started sending emails to several aurovilians demanding that they leave the place where they have been living for…

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February 5th, 2023

February 5th, 2023

Work continues on the crown road despite the RAD and of the conditions set up by the green tribunal judgment. Here are photos taken at…

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February 6th, 2022

February 6th, 2022

Take over of the forest group. After the email sent to the forest group on February 1st ( see event) the arbitrary actions go on….

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February 10th, 2023

PTDC paver blocks removed The paver blocks in front of the main community cooperative shopping market, PTDC, were suddenly removed. Several residents reported falling from…

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February 11th, 2023

February 11th, 2023

Destruction continues: some work mandated by the foundation office has started in Gaia forest. They are allegedly creating a cycle path that does not appear…

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February 13th, 2023

The Krishna Das concert was held at the Matrimandir on Sunday 13th February. The event attracted about 1500 people and was organised by Dena Merriam…

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February 15th, 2023

The secretary, Ms J. Ravi together with Dena Merriam and Raghu along with an international delegation attending the so-called spiritual science summit in Auroville, held…

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February 15th, 2023

February 15th, 2023

A letter has been sent to the News and Notes editors on February 15th 2023 signed by 426 Aurovilians and 71 Auroville well-wishers. This letter…

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February 16th, 2023

February 16th, 2023

Leave india notice for a member of the bonafide WC The bonafide working committee addressed an email to the community to share the shocking news…

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February 16th, 2023

February 16th, 2023

RA TDC: Possible tree destruction / felling on the entire Crown Dear Community, In the last few days the rumours have become louder that the…

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February 16th, 2023

February 16th, 2023

Meeting with the International Advisory Council. For the first time since their nomination one year and a half ago, the IAC has met the community….

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February 17th, 2023

Construction in Auromode going against the NGT ruling. A transformer house is being build in Auromode at the side towards Sunlit future / Mukti accounting.It…

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February 25th, 2023

RA TDC: Violations of NGT ruling and ratified Auroville building application processes – open letter To: [email protected] In your announcement in the news and notes…

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March 1st, 2023

March 1st, 2023

In order to comply with the Leave India Notice (LIN) received on 15th February, M. left India on Wednesday 1st March. Despite the RA WCom…

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March 9th, 2023

Several aurovilians working for the Secretary, including several members of the illegally appointed ATDC accompanied by some hired workers started cutting trees in Darkali forest,…

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March 10th, 2023

Again the same individuals of the previous day came with some newly hired workers to destroy the forest. Several Aurovilians managed to stop the illegal…

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March 11th, 2023

This morning around 7 am a hired masked mob equipped with chainsaws arrived on site in Darkali to cut the trees. These individuals refused to…

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March 18th, 2023

This morning starting at 07:30, tree cutting of 7 large trees took place next to Auroville’s Youth Center. 3 large trees were severely damaged due…

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March 20th, 2023

Judgment of the NGT from the hearing on 14th March. Letter addressed to the community by the WC regarding the judgment : Dear Community, Please…

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List of acronyms used

ATDC = Auroville Town Development Council

AVIB = Auroville International Board (AVI Centres)

GB = Governing Board

GM = General Meeting

IAC = International Advisory Council

NOC = Non-Objection Certificate

RA = Residents Assembly

RAD = Residents Assembly Decision-making meeting

WC = Working Committee

YC = Youth Centre