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Issue Nº402

Jan 2023 (33 months ago)
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Human unity gathering On 4th December, one year after the demolition of Youth Centre buildings, concerned residents invited Aurovilians, Newcomers and Volunteers to come together at the Town Hall to make offerings of flowers and enjoy peace dances, live music and food...

Survey on restorative processes between RA, GB and IAC A short survey for residents to fill out was launched in October 2022 and received about 230 submissions...

Selection process 2023 The Residents’ Assembly Service has invited all confirmed Aurovilians to take part in the next selection process...

61st meeting of the Governing Board The 61st meeting of the Governing Board took place on 8th November 2022...

Secretary meets Lt. Governor According to The Hindu, Auroville Foundation Secretary, Jayanti Ravi, called on Lt...

IAC and AVI meeting The International Advisory Council (IAC) and the AVI Board met for their second exchange via Zoom on 15th November 2022...

Visas Over the past weeks, the RA Working Committee reported that there has been once again an alarming rise of visa issues for a number of Aurovilians...

Entering of new Aurovilians into the RoR It is estimated that approximately 130 Aurovilians who have completed their Entry Process are still waiting to be added to the Register of Residents (RoR)...

Tree plantation The Foundation appointed L’Avenir/ATDC has written to the community explaining that no tree plantation can take place without explicit permission from them, adding “Any resident found to be planting without permission shall face consequences...

Crown road works The FO ATDC announced that the Crown Road work will restart with a stretch of the Crown inaccessible until the end of December 2022...

Cease land exchange In a letter sent to Dr...

Housing survey The Housing Service is responsible for maintaining the database of all the housing assets of Auroville...

Foundation FAMC resport The FO appointed FAMC reports that it is taking forward a centralized platform for all Auroville trusts...

Legal matters On 7th December, the FAMC case filed by Namrita Gautier came up in the Madras High Court...

Massacre In what one resident described as a ‘massacre’, an elegant bronze statue located behind the Media Centre at the Town Hall was unaccountably painted blue recently...