Damning disclosure

Big dams have a high environmental and human cost, says a new report

Here I stand, come hell or high water

Forty-five-year-old Keshubhai of Manibeli has come to symbolise not only all that is wrong with state power, but also the Narmada Bachao Andolan'…

Was India forced to reject World Bank aid?

Various reasons are being put forward to explain why India refused further World Bank assistance for the controversial Sardar Sarovar project.

No need to be neutral

NEW DELHI, August 28, 2003. At a press conference, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patekar said that the NBA would support candidates …

Police firing sparks protests

Journey to save a river

Keep the debate within the country

DELAYED PROCESS

Friction heightens

Patkar populism lights sparks on Zee TV

Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar fended with dexterity the provocative questions posed to her in Zee TV's Aapki Adalat.

Rising waters

Activists against the Narmada dam gear up to face the submergence of the first set of villages

Patkar unperturbed by exodus of villagers

Medha Patkar, doyenne of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which opposes the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) on the Narmada river, has won a major …

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Time running out in Manibeli

PEOPLE FIRST

Displacing a livelihood

How do we rehabilitate development project oustees?

Narmada review: Break or breakthrough?

The Narmada Bachao Andolan has forced a reconsideration of the Sardar Sarovar Project. But with Gujarat opposed to any review and support for NBA …

One high-profile crusader takes on another

The activists' extremism subtly: Patkar compares the dam to a bomb while another activist says if the Berlin Wall could be brought down, why not …

It's a damp squib

Lack of respect for facts and a strong ideology guided by Judaic-Christian thought dominate the report

A monumental failure

The report on the Sardar Sarovar does not address crucial issues like water-saving technologies, lowering the dam height and reducing the size of …

THE KING OF SMALL THINGS

A civil engineer and a farmer, he knows the importance of the relationship between land and water. Small dams are his forte.

Taken at the flood

From saffron to green

Solar power is the only viable alternative

K R DATYE has been associated for years with grassroots organisations such as the Pani Panchayat and the Mukti Sangharsh, which has spearheaded …

Submerged by dams