India

 A blot on the landscape

THE Sardar Sarovar dam on Narmada river has been exposed to more damages, according to a press release by Narmada Bachao Andolan. More than 15,000 cubic megatonnes (cu mt) of cement has been

Publication Date: 
14/12/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dams, Narmada Valley Project, Floods
India

 Old hats

Jain TV has telecast at least 20 times a documentary on the anti-Narmadadam movement, The valley refuses to die. Then, Jeremy Perflot's series, Save the Earth, first shown in 1992,

Publication Date: 
14/10/1995
Down to Earth
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Narmada Valley Project
Environment

 Defending the indefensible

The book claims to be a "counter-factual" rebuke to the critics of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). But both the claim and the title of the book are misleading. First, in 5 short pages, the book

Publication Date: 
29/09/1995
Ashish Kothari
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Narmada Valley Project, Endangered Species
India

 Damning report

THE World Bank's (WB) "project completion report" for the controversial Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river has cast a shadow over the project's future. India's unimpressive track record in

Publication Date: 
29/06/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dams, Narmada Valley Project, World Bank, India
Industry

 INDIA

The Punjab state government will be constituting a Punjab Gujjar Welfare Advisory Board, says chief minister Beant Singh. The newly-elected Maharashtra government said that it would review

Publication Date: 
14/04/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Narmada Valley Project, Delhi, Punjab
India

 Jinxed dam

A fresh snag hounds the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project

Publication Date: 
14/03/1995
Max Martin
Down to Earth
Tags:
Narmada Valley Project, India
India

 Reviewing the review

THE Review Committee on the Sardar Sarovar Project, instead of taking a principled stand and rejecting the extremely limited frame of reference set by the government, produced a report that was

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
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Narmada Valley Project, Drainage, Rehabilitation, India
Agriculture

 In the shadow of a dam

ROWS and rows of men and women are shown marching ahead to fight for their rights, the right to have a say in their future. These people are the centre point of Ali Kazimi's film Narmada: A valley

Publication Date: 
27/02/1995
Seema Kalra
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Narmada Valley Project, Human Rights
India

 Watershed ruling on Narmada

The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations

Publication Date: 
14/02/1995
Anumita Roychowdhury
Down to Earth
Tags:
Narmada Valley Project, Irrigation, Drainage, Hydroelectricity, Legislation, India
India

 Matching wits on fluid issues

THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTS: • Fresh calculation of the quantum of flow to avoid revision of plan priorities • Efforts to achieve a 60 per cent irrigation efficiency •

Publication Date: 
14/02/1995
Down to Earth
Tags:
Narmada Valley Project, Irrigation, Drainage, Hydroelectricity, Legislation, India

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