Ameer Shahul
Ameer Shahul marubuci dan kasar Indiya ne kuma masanin muhalli wanda ya yi fice wajen yaki da Unilever acikin Kodaikanal mercury guba. Littafinsa na farko wanda ba na almara ba mai suna Heavy Metal: Yadda Pan Macmillan ya buga Kodaikanal mai guba a cikin 2023. Ya kasance yana da hannu tare da ƙungiyoyin kore a Indiya tun daga 2002 kama daga fashewar jirgi zuwa gurbatar masana'antu da yaƙin kashe kashe kashe kashe da sauyin yanayi.
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Shahul yayi aiki tare da GreenPeace tun 2002 akan yaƙin neman zaɓe na yaƙi da gurɓataccen mercury ta Unilever a Kodaikanal, gurɓacewar masana'antu da kamfanin FMCG yayi a tashar tudun Tamil Nadu, wanda aka sani da guba na mercury Kodaikanal. Ya jagoranci kungiyoyin al'amuran jama'a da tsoffin ma'aikata don tilasta wa kamfanin tattara tan 290 na sharar mercury da aka zubar a cikin da kewayen wurin masana'antar tare da mayar da shi Amurka don yin ritaya na dindindin a 2003. Wannan mataki na aikewa da sharar gida daga kasashe masu tasowa zuwa kasashen da suka ci gaba, kafafen yada labarai sun yaba da shi da cewa 'kiran juji'. Shahul tare da masu fafutuka kamar Navroz Mody sun jagoranci ƙungiyoyin muhalli da na gida wajen fafutukar neman gyara wurin, kuma sun ƙaddamar da bincike daga Ma'aikatar Makamashin Atomic ta Gwamnatin Indiya, wanda ya gano cewa matakan mercury acikin yanayin Kodaikanal. ya kasance har sau 2640 fiye da abin da aka samu a yanayin al'ada. Shahul ya kuma jagoranci gungun masu fafutuka da masu sa kai don yin taron shekara-shekara na kungiyar Hindustan Unilever a Mumbai a 2003 da 2004.

Ya kuma yi kamfen a kan ayyukan fasa jirgin ruwa a gabar tekun Indiya don zubar da shara masu haɗari, da kuma yaƙi da amfani da ruwa na ƙasa da zubar da sharar da Coca-Cola ke yi a Kerala da aka fi sani da gwagwarmayar Plachimada Coca-Cola. Ya kuma kawo lura da mafi munin lamarin da ya faru na wani kamfani mallakar jihar da ke cigaba da kera DDT da aka haramtawa duniya.

Marubuci 
Acikin 2023, Pan Macmillan ya buga littafinsa mai suna, Heavy Metal: Yadda Kamfanin Global Corporation ya Guba Kodaikanal. Deccan Herald ya bayyana littafin a matsayin labari mai kakkausar murya na wani bala'i', yayin da Malayala Manorama ta kira shi a matsayin babban abin da ya faru na bala'in masana'antu, da kuma juriya mai kore. Layin Kasuwanci ya bayyana littafin a matsayin 'mai kyau mai nuni don kasancewa a kan tsaro da kuma adana yanayin.'  The Financial Express (Indiya) ta kira shi binciken shari'a kan gazawar kamfanoni da ƙa'idoji, yayin da New Indian Express ya bayyana shi a matsayin littafi na musamman wanda ke ba da cikakken bayani kuma mai gamsarwa ba kawai bala'i ba, har ma da sakamakonsa. The Indian Express ta bayyana littafin a matsayin 'kyakkyawan lissafin silima na kwadayin kamfanoni da gwagwarmayar tabbatar da adalci a Indiya.' Da yake kwatanta littafin a matsayin 'karanta mai mahimmanci', Open (mujallar Indiya) ta ce "ta dauki Unilever fiye da shekaru 15 don biyan ma'aikatan da abin ya shafa wata tunatarwa ce kan tsadar irin wadannan kurakurai".

Acikin hirarsa da The Hindu Sunday Magazine An ambato Ameer Shahul yana cewa "kamfanonin masana'antu, irin su Unilever, za'a iya daukar nauyinsu da gaske kawai tare da taimakon kimiyya da bayanai."

A wata hira da yayi da The Wire (Indiya) yace 'dukkan alheri da mugunta suna tattare da mutane. Mutane sunfi son junansu bisa al'adarsu, tarbiyyarsu, da yanayinsu'.

Acikin hirarsa da jaridar Down to Earth (mujalla) Shahul ya ce, “Kamfanonin da ke hulda da albarkatun kasa masu haɗari ko kuma samar da kayayyakin amfanin gona masu haɗari na bukatar sa ido sosai daga mahukunta, waɗanda kungiyoyin sa kai na gida ke taimaka musu. Yakamata a tabbatar da bin diddigi na lokaci-lokaci akan albarkatun kasa da sharar fage kuma a yi shi tare da sa hannun al'ummar yankin don tabbatar da cewa jami'an da sukayi kuskure ba a kai su ga masu gudanar da masana'anta ba. Kasashen da ke sayar da albarkatun kasa ga wasu kasashe suna da alhakin mayar da sharar da ake samu daga albarkatun kasa."

A wata hira da yayi da makala ta 14 ya ce, “A kokarinmu na samun ci gaban tattalin arziki’, muna yin sulhu da abubuwa da dama, kuma mafi sauki daga cikinsu su ne muhalli da albarkatun kasa. Wannan shine abin da muke ci gaba da gani. Kasarmu tana cike da irin wadannan misalan, ko gurbacewar masana’antu ko gurbatar yanayi da magungunan kashe qwari da sinadarai ke haifarwa, da dai sauransu. Matukar mutane za su bi abin da muke kira 'ci gaban tattalin arziki', dukkanmu mun zama masu son zuciya, da son kai."

Acikin wata hira da BooksFirst, an ambato shi yana cewa "Ba duk mafita ba ne za a daidaita. Abin da ya yi wa ɗayan adalci ba zaiyi wa ɗayan adalci ba. Acikin lokuta irin wannan (Kodaikanal mercury guba) inda aka aikata wani zalunci, ko da gangan ko kuma ba da gangan ba, ƙuduri na iya kasancewa tare da wadanda abin ya shafa. Don haka, ƙudurin shine don tallafawa da ramawa har zuwa wanda aka azabtar na ƙarshe. Dangane da babban laifin da ya shafi yanayin halittu, ya kamata a yi gyaran ƙasa, ƙasa da iska tare da yin aiki don sake farfado da flora da fauna na ƙarshe acikin yanayin yanayin da ke fuskantar barazanar wanzuwar sa saboda baƙin ƙarfe mai guba."

Duba kuma 

 Kodaikanal mercury poisoning
 Plachimada Coca-Cola struggle
 Heavy Metal: How a Global Corporation Poisoned Kodaikanal

Manazarta

Hanyoyin haɗi na waje 

 https://www.ameershahul.com/
 https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Unilever-Mercury-Action-in-India-27MZIFXMJD5.html
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