Thousands of people affected by the Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, Indira Sagar, Upper Beda and Man dams responded to a call by the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and joined a protest march at Omkareshwar in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday to raise their voice against the state government decision to raise the water level in Omkares-hwar Dam up to 193 metres.
After the protest march, the people affected by the dams announced that they would start a “Jal Satyagrah” from July 16 against what they described as a “conspiracy” by the state government and the private company involved in the project to uproot the dam affected people without their rehabilitation or proper resettlement.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/thousands-march-against-dams-mp
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indira-sagar
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rehabilitation
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
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