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India's ugliest dam builder [1]

India's ugliest dam builder is undoubtedly the state-owned National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). While the company is currently angling to acquire new capital, its operations at home and abroad have left a trail of ruined livelihoods and misery in its wake.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2008
Heffa Schucking [2]
World Rivers Review [3]
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Tags:
Dams [4], Indira Sagar [5], Narmada Valley Project [6], Displacement [7], Rehabilitation [8], Compensation [9], National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) [10], Myanmar [11], India [12], Sikkim [13]
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