<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The protests are over a plan to cut down nearly a third of a rain forest reserve to expand the sugarcane plantations of a company owned by an Indian.
The company is a subsidiary of the Mehta Group, which is run by Ugandans of Indian descent, and it wants to use 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) â nearly a third of the Mabira Forest Reserve â to expand the plantation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I don't support destroying rain forests. And this is some other people's country for goodness sake. It's their rain forest. Leave it alone. Mehta Group is run by 'Indian Ugandans', yes, but to be Ugandan one needs to respect the country's nature.
On the other hand, I wonder whether the converted Ugandans (they are christian now for the most part) only saw this as an opportunity to attack Hindu temple-goers. At least, such incidences are a commonplace occurrence in Fiji.
The company is a subsidiary of the Mehta Group, which is run by Ugandans of Indian descent, and it wants to use 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres) â nearly a third of the Mabira Forest Reserve â to expand the plantation.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->I don't support destroying rain forests. And this is some other people's country for goodness sake. It's their rain forest. Leave it alone. Mehta Group is run by 'Indian Ugandans', yes, but to be Ugandan one needs to respect the country's nature.
On the other hand, I wonder whether the converted Ugandans (they are christian now for the most part) only saw this as an opportunity to attack Hindu temple-goers. At least, such incidences are a commonplace occurrence in Fiji.