Tag: Narmada

SIMON DENYER, REUTERS, AUGUST 4, 2006 KHARYA BHADAL, India, Aug 4 (Reuters) – Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of India’s swollen Narmada river, gesturing towards 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…

THE HINDU, JULY 14, 2006 Activists write to NHRC chairperson # Farmers were protesting the acquisition of 2,500 acres of land by U.P. Government # Land is for a proposed Reliance power plant at Dadri NEW DELHI: Prominent human rights activists, including (retd.) Justice Rajinder Sachar, senior journalist Kuldip Nayar and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader…

TIMES NEWS NETWORK, July 11, 2006 RANCHI: Medha Patkar, firebrand leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan is now gearing up to set foot in Jharkhand, spelling more trouble for the Arjun Munda government. Patkar has called for a violent protest in case the government has not yet come out with a proper rehabilitation policy for…

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA, JULY 11, 2006 A day after the Supreme Court refused to stop construction work on Sardar Sarovar Project, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday alleged that the Shunglu Committee report was “untruthful” and “based on fraud data and distorted conclusions.” “The report cannot stand the test of social science…

Bhopal: Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Saturday described the allegations of foreign funding against her organisation as baseless. She said it was prepared to face any inquiry. Talking to mediapersons Ms. Patkar, who was here to participate in a two-day meeting of the National Alliance of People’s Movement, said the NBA would…

Gujarat politicians and their allies try to smear the Narmada Bachao campaign PRESS TRUST OF INDIA, JULY 7,2006 NEW DELHI, July 7: The activities of Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) ~ spearheading the campaign against Sardar Sarovar Project ~ today came under judicial scanner with the Supreme Court issuing notice to it in response…

The civil liberties of a genuine people’s movement under attack from a supposed human rights organisation – and the strong stench of Indian politics. The so-called “National Council for Civil Liberties” is based in Ahmedabad, capital of Gujarat, which has been whipped into a state of hysteria over the dam issue by sectarian politicians INDO-ASIAN…

PALAK NANDI, AHMEDABAD NEWSLINE, JULY 4, 2006 NARMADA : Number of fish in Bharuch stretch drops by 75 pc; industrial units to blame: environmental activists. Ahmedabad, July 4: ROHU, bekti, mahasheer, hilsa? Plenty of fish in the sea? That there may be, but the Narmada in Bharuch district seems to be running out. Fisheries Department…

THE HINDU, JUNE 20, 2006 Medha Patkar being detained in New Delhi on Monday — Photo: S. Subramanium NEW DELHI: Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar and about 100 Narmada dam-displaced people were on Monday detained outside the residence of United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi. They had gone to apprise Ms. Gandhi of lack…

By Vinita Bharadwaj, Staff Reporter. Gulf News Dubai: Indian activist Medha Patkar, best known for her involvement with the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save the Narmada) has called upon Indians abroad to show solidarity towards the cause by writing to the prime minister and senior politicians. “Writing letters and signing petitions are considered traditional means of…

Aamir Khan’s new film Fanaa will be restricted in Gujarat. At the same time, a retrospective of MF Husain’s paintings organized by Asia House in London, has been wound up after two of the paintings were vandalized. The organization objecting to Husain is called Hindu Human Rights. The protests were about two paintings called Durga…

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA, MAY 27, 2006 As actor Aamir Khan’s remarks over rehabilitation of Narmada kicked up a controversy, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Saturday said the actor had every right to express his opposition provided it was within the purview of the Constitution. “Every person has the right to express his views… Our country…

Mumbai, May 26: Lending her voice to support actor Aamir Khan, whose film “Fanaa” is not being screened in theatres in Gujarat, over his support to the Narmada Bachao Andolan, NBA leader Medha Patkar demanded Central government’s intervention in the matter. “Anyone who has been associated with us has faced the same fate. Aamir Khan…

JUMANA SHAH, WEDNESDAY MAY 24, 2006 AHMEDABAD: It’s clear that Aamir Khan’s support to the Narmada Bachao Aandolan will not let Yash Raj’s big banner love story Fanaa see the light of the day in Gujarat theatres on Friday. But notwithstanding the protests by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its youth wing, locals are…

PTI, NEW DELHI, MAY 17, 2006 Tribals from the Narmada Valley today knocked the doors of the Rashtrapathi Bhawan seeking steps to save their villages from submergence once the height of Sardar Sarovar dam is raised. A delegation of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) led by Medha Patkar met President A P J Abdul Kalam and…