Tag: Narmada

The Hindu, October 9, 2006 Chennai, Oct. 9 (PTI): Asking the Tamil Nadu government to “give up” the present plan of expanding the city airport or “choose another location”, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar today said “thousands would be affected if the project is implemented” without change. “Thousands of locals will be displaced if…

CNN-IBN, October 02, 2006 DEBATING GANDHI: The Verdict’s audience discusses whether the Mahatma is still relevant. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Lage Raho Munnabhai, the Bollywood blockbuster has reinvented Mahatma Gandhi for an entirely new generation of Indians. Munnabhai shows the way on screen, but can Gandhigiri work in real life? How…

Express News Service, September 29, 2006 Gandhinagar: WITH the monsoon over, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) will resume work at the multi-crore Narmada dam from October 2. The work at dam height of 119 metres had been suspended since July 18 due to rains. SSNNL Director (Civil) A B Mandavia on Friday said…

Adapted from an Indo Asian News Service report, September 24, 2006 Taking a leaf out of the agitation launched by the people of Kumaon in Uttaranchal against cutting of trees three decades ago, the people affected by the Indira Sagar Project plan to launch a ‘Chipko satyagraha’, protesting the raising of the water level in…

Staff Reporter, Cybernoon, Bombay, September 18, 2006 Presently, the Sardar Sarovar Dam stands at the height of 119 meters, submerging more than 100 villages. The Gujarat government will soon be increasing the height of the wave to 122 meters, putting thousands of labourers, farmers, fisherfolk and their families under the threat of submergence. Adivasi communities…

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE, SEPTEMBER 1O, 2006 Bhopal, Sep 10 (IANS) The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) will move the Supreme Court challenging the Madhya Pradesh government’s claims of having rehabilitated families affected by a power project barring 53. The group is at continuous loggerheads with the state government over the land acquisition and denial of…

GUJARAT, SEPTEMBER 7, 2006 Heavy rains are causing dams in North and Central Gujarat to fill rapidly. The level in the Narmada Dam has risen to 124 meters, five meters above danger level. The water level has been above the reservoir’s planned capacity for over a month, but the latest inrush of water from the…

INDIA NEWS, AUGUST 25, 2006 New Delhi – After 20 years of fighting the battle against the Narmada dam, rights activist Medha Patkar says that democratic spaces are closing and she feels ‘ashamed and shattered’. ‘Twenty years after the Narmada movement I feel ashamed and shattered. The democratic spaces are closing,’ Patkar said late Thursday…

SOUTH ASIA ONE WORLD, SEPTEMBER 4, 2OO6 NARMADA: SARDAR SAROVAR DROWNS THE ADIVASIS BUT NEITHER THEIR SPIRIT NOR THEIR STRUGGLE The situation in the Narmada valley today is nothing unexpected yet the most shocking. The Sardar Sarovar Dam, with the height raised, has silently killed the Adivasi communities in the Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, Jhabua…

GARGI PARSAI, THE HINDU, AUGUST 22, 2006 “Overflowing Narmada dam has hit livelihood of tribals” • Simultaneous releases from all dams in a river basin should have been planned for • Much to learn from the floods in this monsoon, she says Photo: SHANKER CHAKRAVARTY MAKING A POINT: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar addressing…

Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of India’s swollen Narmada River, gesturing toward land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living. “If someone offers you this stone in exchange for fertile land, would you take it?” he asked. Solanki is a tribal farmer, typical…

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, THE HINDU, AUGUST 11, 2006 The project was acknowledged as a model of decentralised development # Project inspired Bollywood film Swades # NBA got help to design the project # Water level at the Sardar Sarovar site has crossed 127 metres MUMBAI: The Bilgaon microhydel project in Nandurbar district, which inspired the Bollywood…

TIMES NOW, AUGUST 8, 2006 Vadodara is overflowing, and the city’s residents are battling to stay afloat. Similar scenes are being played out in other parts of the state – be it Surat or Gandhinagar, all is submerged. “It has been raining since yesterday. Our houses have been inundated and all the household furniture has…

SIMON DENYER, BOSTON GLOBE, AUGUST 8, 2006 KHARYA BHADAL, India (Reuters) – Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of India’s swollen Narmada River, gesturing toward land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living. “If someone offers you this stone in exchange for fertile land,…