Narmada Bachao Andolan
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Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) (Save Narmada Movement) is a non governmental organisation (NGO) that mobilised tribal people, adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built across the Narmada river, Gujarat, India. It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water. Recently it has re-focused with the aim to enable the poor citizens especially the oustees to get the full rehabilitation facilities from the government.
Their mode of campaign includes hunger strikes, mass media publicities, garnering support from noted film and art personalities etc. Narmada Bachao Andolan, together with its leading spokespersons Medha Patkar and Baba Amte, was the 1991 recipient of the Right Livelihood Award.
[edit] Foreign Fund and Anti-National Activities
Narmada Bachao Andolan has been accused by Madhya Pradesh Government by receiving foreign funds and utilizing it for putting rehabilitation process in trouble. Government has also produced the proof of frequent foreigner visits to NBA. MP and Gujarat Governments have produced the affidavit and proof in the Apex Court about the same. Leading news papers of India had covered the news and screen shot from one of the news paper is available here.
[edit] Further reading
- Jacques Leslie, Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2005), hardcover, 252 pages, ISBN 0-374-28172-6
