Centre clears Sardar Sarovar dam height increase

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel rushes to dam site to hold 'pooja' to commence construction work; 245 more villages to be submerged after …

Of pseudo-sangams and de-linking of rivers

How Madhya Pradesh government is exploiting religious sentiments to trump common sense in water management and project the chief minister as a …

Rising waters

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

Seven years in, Madhya Pradesh government goes back on its word to not build Basania dam

Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan tells state legislative assembly December 21, 2022 that a company has been notified for construction of the dam

Victims of rehabilitation

To swindle money from the Narmada dam rehabilitation scheme, lands of thousands of tribal families have been given to the dam-displaced people …

Narmada has been killed in Gujarat, say activists

Members of Vadodara-based non-profit say the river downstream of Sardar Sarovar is now seasonal and carries only seawater and sewage

And justice for all?

In the search for their rightful place in things, the adversaries of the Sardar Sarovar project have taken the issue to the highest court in India

What is the review committee up to?

The Narmada Bachao Andolan says it is content with the Narmada project review panel, but the government says there will be no change in the …

A reprieve for tribals

The Gujarat government has been ordered not to close the sluice gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam until all rehabilitation and resettlement plans …

Drowning all hope

The United Front government's agreement on the contentious issue regarding the Sardar Sarovar dam, callously ignored the interests of the people …

A bewildering range

ARTISTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE WORLD·exhibition of paintings by various artists·New Delhi· August, 1998

Swollen Narmada displaces thousands in Gujarat — was this an “avoidable” disaster?

Some experts and political parties attributed the situation to the lethargic and unaccountable actions of Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) Dam operators

Everyone loves an overflowing dam

Even as the government raced to fill up the reservoir of the Sardar Sarovar Dam by September 15 (one-and-a-half months ahead of the schedule as …

Narmada dam oustees not satisfied with MP govt assurances

They shouted slogans even as activist Medha Patkar held a meeting with a state minister about the fate of those displaced due to the Sardar …

More hard facts and much less syrup, please

Both films end as abruptly as they begin, fragments of documentation on celluloid or videotape that aim, as one said at the beginning, at evoking …

Wanted: an independent appeals institution

If the World Bank does not withdraw from the Narmada dam, it will undermine the credibility it gained from setting up the review team. US NGOs …

Damned despair

Oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Project still languish in large numbers for a roof over their head

Dam travails

The Supreme Court's order to increase the height of the Narmada dam comes in for criticism. Madhya Pradesh decides to file a petition

Omkareshwar dam: land compensation rights of oustees upheld

Grievance redressal authority follows apex court order which said land allotment as per R&R policy is the state's …

The drowning of biodiversity

A recent report on the Narmada Sagar and Omkareshwar projects raises fears of the loss of biodiversity in the region

Compromise marks talks on Narmada project

The government and anti-dam activists gave ground during the first-ever talks on the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project

Video magazine ignore environmental issues

The story ends on a cynical note suggesting both Patkar and the government are doggedly pursuing their separate goals

Disappointing and poorly done

There is no merit in the Morse committee's philosophy which can be summed up as 'do nothing till you've done everything'

Thick-skinned policies

Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes …

The closing of the gates

A controversy boiled over when the construction sluices were closed abruptly and affected scores of people