Environment

NBA raises pitch against Maheshwar power project

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) on Monday asked promoters of upcoming Maheshwar power project in Madhya Pradesh to comply with the report of Environment Ministry and rehabilitate displaced people befo

Publication Date: 
26/12/2012
Pioneer (New Delhi)
Tags:
Narmada Bachao Andolan, Narmada, Rivers, Water Resources, Hydroelectricity, Energy, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Rehabilitation, Displacement, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Madhya Pradesh, Dams
Dams/ Irrigation

Damned by the Dam

The protest by Omkareshwar oustees illustrates development without humanity. (Editorial)

Publication Date: 
22/09/2012
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Omkareshwar, Dams, Conflicts, Madhya Pradesh, Displacement, Narmada, Supreme Court, Rehabilitation, Indira Sagar, Reservoirs, Narmada Bachao Andolan, India
Dams/ Irrigation

The means to block or release a dam

If the hundreds displaced in the Narmada valley owe the good deal they got to the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), there are thousands of others who have been deprived of benefits they would potential

Publication Date: 
19/09/2012
Milind Ghatwai
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Narmada Bachao Andolan, Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, Indira Sagar, Narmada, Supreme Court, Medha Patkar, Dams/ Irrigation
Dams/ Irrigation

Activists meet Pranab over oustees issue

While a ministerial committee began hearing grievances of oustees of the Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, Narmada Bachao Andolan activists met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
14/09/2012