Tag: Narmada

Ahmedabad • The Congress yesterday voiced its opposition to the Gujarat government’s stand on the Narmada issue accusing Chief Minister Narendra Modi of deceiving the people of Gujarat. The party claimed that Modi himself had requested the Federal Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz to call a meeting of the Narmada Control Authority Review Committee (NCARC)…

DILIP DSOUZA, MIDDAY, APRIL 10, 2006 Last night, I dreamt I went to Manibeli again. Sure, I may have stolen that line from Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel Rebecca, but it’s true. I first went to that little village 13 years ago, and a few times since — but in my mind, I’ve returned often.…

CIVIL SOCIETY ONLINE, MAY 12, 2006 For all the negative vibes that Medha Patkar attracts she is probably the best the thing that could have happened to a country caught up in the complex processes of economic and social reform. Most businessmen bristle at the mention of her name. Some journalists do likewise, perhaps because…

SEEMA CHISHTI, BBC NEWS, DELHI Sardar Sarovar Dam: the project began in the 1950s India’s Supreme Court has ruled that work on the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river in central India can continue. The court refused to stop the height of the dam from being raised, as demanded by campaigners, and said…

Medha Patkar Medha Patkar is furious the Prime Minister has not stopped construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam till all oustees are rehabilitated. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the matter on May 8. The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader talks about the politics of water in an exclusive interview to Poornima Joshi Q:…

BHARAT JHUNJHUNWALA Three United Nations representatives have advised the Indian government not to increase the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam until rehabilitation is complete. These include special representative on the situation of human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, special rapporteur on housing as a component of adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, and special rapporteur on…

Tuesday, 09 May , 2006, 17:57 New Delhi: Describing the Supreme Court’s judgement rejecting the plea for stopping construction work at the Narmada Dam as “shocking”, NBA leader Medha Patkar on Tuesday vowed to continue her campaign against the “injustice” meted out to the people displaced by the dam. The NBA leader, along with a…

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE July 7 is next hearing: We will survey entire area with NSSO help for rehab, says Centre NEW DELHI, MAY 8: Work on raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam will continue. The Supreme Court today refused to grant the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s request for staying the raising of the height…

Natural dam on the Narmada Bhopal, May 8: Claiming that rapid deforestation was converting fertile land on the banks of Narmada river into ravines in 19 districts of Madhya Pradesh, RSS leader and social worker Anil Madhav Dave today sought a ban on felling of trees in jungles falling under its watershed area. A total…

SUJAN DUTTA AND RADHIKA RAMASESHAN New Delhi, May 7: Pranab Mukherjee simply loves the attention he can get when the boss is away. He would hate it if Manmohan Singh, who was appointed RBI governor during Pranab’s tenure as finance minister, were to be described as his boss, though. But Congress sources clarified the defence…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to continue construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam on river Narmada, but urged the prime minister to ensure people displaced are adequately compensated. Chief Justice Y K Sabharwal dismissed an appeal by groups opposed to the project to raise the height of the dam…

SIFY.COM, THURSDAY MAY 4, 2006 New Delhi: Calling the displacement of tens of thousands of people by the Sardar Sarovar Dam a “gross violation of human rights”, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Thursday took up the matter with NHRC Chairman Justice A S Anand. An NBA delegation led by Patkar gave a…

Aditya Ghosh Sunday, May 07, 2006 00:28 IST Celebration time: TISS toppers celebrate after being given certificates at the convocation on Saturday. During the convocation ceremony at the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday, many toppers marched to the podium in black badges and black ribbons…

THE NATION Lakshmi Iyer SAIFUDDIN SOZ New Delhi: Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz has asked his bosses to move his ministerial secretary J Harinarayan to another portfolio. According to sources close to Soz, he has made it clear that either the Andhra cadre IAS moves out, or he is given a change in portfolio.…

INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE Bhopal, May 6, 2006 Those ousted by the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) on the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh can now register their grievances at special camps set up by the government to solve their rehabilitation related problems. “Special camps would be put up in Jhabua, Barwani, Dhar and Khargone districts for…