Tag: Narmada

Friday, 05 May , 2006, 04:21 Ahmedabad: A local advocate T S Nanavati has sent a notice to Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar questioning her about her alleged recent accusations against National Council for Civil Liberties activist V K Saxena. In his notice, Nanavati has asked Patkar to produce evidence of the allegations…

Gargi Parsai NBA appeals to Prime Minister to use authority to stop construction FOR THE DISPLACED: Narmada Bachao Andolan Activist Medha Patkar addressing the media at the Indian Women’s Press Corps in New Delhi on Monday. — Photo: S. Subramanium NEW DELHI: The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) on Monday described as “unjustifiable” the “delay” in…

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006 New Delhi – The Supreme Court was Monday informed that an independent audit would be conducted of the rehabilitation measures taken for those affected by raising the height of the Narmada dam. The National Sample Survey Organsiation (NSSO) would verify the status of rehabilitating families in Madhya Pradesh affected by raising…

New Delhi, May 1. (PTI): The Centre today told the Supreme Court that it will conduct a month-long survey for getting a “hollistic view” on the Relief and Rehabilitation (R&R) of the Narmada dam oustees, even as an anti-dam group accused the Madhya Pradesh Government of not carrying out the court’s orders in letter and…

New Delhi, Apr 27: BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has disputed the findings of the Central Group of Ministers (GoM) on the relief and rehabilitation (R&R) of the oustees of Narmada Dam and opposed the setting up of a three-member committee by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue. In an additional affidavit filed in the Supreme…

Gargi Parsai 36,921 families will be affected in 226 villages in Gujarat, M.P. and Maharashtra Centre sought to put the burden of proving the numbers on the NBA Gujarat has spent only Rs. 10,918 crore till December 2005 on rehabilitation NEW DELHI: A Sardar Sarovar Project Status Report submitted by the Union Water Resources Ministry…

M K VENU – ECONOMIC TIMES TUESDAY, MAY 02, 2006 Medha Patkar’s fast unto death over the rehabilitation of the Narmada oustees, dramatised by the television networks, appears to have brought back to centre stage the debate on how to deal with displacement caused by rapid development. This question will haunt successive governments in the…

Geetha N Bhardwaj, OneWorld South Asia On 30th May, 2006, at the end of a sultry day, about 200 activists gathered for a candlelight vigil at Jantar Mantar, the spot where NBA (Narmada Bachao Aandolan) activists had staged a fast unto death protesting the raising of the Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada and submerging…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will today hear affidavits filed by four states on the status of rehabilitation work done for those displaced by the Sardar Sarovar dam. The four states include Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan which have filed affidavits on the court’s orders. A Government of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, in its…

Manish – CNN-IBN Posted Tuesday , April 25, 2006 at 14:31 Updated Tuesday , April 25, 2006 at 15:16 DEATH OF REHAB: A man committed suicide as the govt was not giving his family, displaced due to the Sardar Sarovar dam, any compensation. Khandva (Bhopal): The issue of rehabilitation of oustees of the Sardar Sarovar…

RASHEED KIDWAI Medha Patkar, who broke her fast on Monday, has porridge in Bhopal on Wednesday. (PTI) Bhopal, April 19: Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar today equated Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Medha, who has just come out of a 20-day fast, said while Modi was responsible for the…

HT Correspondent – Bhopal, April 19, 2006 THERE’S NO stopping Medha Patkar. On Wednesday, the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader said she would expose state governments who “lied” about the status of rehabilitation of the dam-affected people. During a stopover in Bhopal on her way to Badwani, Patkar staged a dharna in front of the Chief…

From Kathmandu, Thursday, April 20, 2006 PLEASE SEND ON The Delhi demos may be over but a great deal remains to be done. Both movements, and perhaps especially the Narmada movement at this stage, require solidarity and support. We give below the latest information and the most urgent requirements. (Item 1.) As always, please do…

Wednesday, 19 April , 2006, 19:50 Bhopal: Alleging corruption in rehabilitation of Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) oustees, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) on Wednesday launched a campaign to expose “irregularities” and threatened criminal proceedings against Madhya Pradesh government officials and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. “Anyone among us will initiate criminal proceedings against state government officials…

From Kathmandu, Tuesday, April 18, 2006 PLEASE SEND ON And so, the major ‘Delhi demos’ that have taken place over this past month have come to an end – though, as item 1 below (the ‘Delhi Demo Diary Notes’) shows, their moving on has only cleared the way at Jantar Mantar for other demos, on…