Gujarat plans to tap Narmada water
With drought looming over Gujarat for the second consecutive yaer, plans are afoot to tap the Narmada water flowing over 88 metres of Sardar Sarovar Dam. Technical experts have prepared a project of
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NBA leaders blocking development
The Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister, Ms. Jamuna Devi, today launched a scathing attack on the Narmada Bachao Andolan(NBA) and said its leaders are acting as a puppet into the hands of some
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Narmada dam bridges Gujarat, MP gap
Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, which have been at logger-heads over the construction of a dam on the Narmada river,have joined hands to counter opposition to the
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MP govt, anti-dam lobby in fresh spat over Maheswar power project
Battlelines have been drawn for a confrontation on the controversial Maheshwar hydel power project in Madhya pradesh between the anti-dam lobby led by Madha Patekar's Narmada Bachao Andolan and the
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Withdraw from Maheshwar project
NBA: The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) on Friday demanded the M/s S Kumars withdraw from the 400 mw Maheshwar project in view of the report by a three-member foreign team that the number of oustees
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NBA plan to siege MP dam
The Narmada Bachao Andolan is all set to launch a "non-violent direct action" from 11 January against the ongoing construction of the Shree Maheshwar hydro-electric dam in Khargone district of Madhya
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MP Govt, NHPC set for JVC on Indira Sagar Project
Stage is set for formation of a joint venture company (JVC) which will expeditiously complete two unfinished multi-crore multi-purpose power project on Narmada river. The Government led by Chief
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Rs 933 cr Narmada water plan for city
The state government has prepared a RS 933 crore plan to bring Narmada water to Bhopal via Shahpur. In the first phase of the plan Rs 688 crore would be spent while the remaining Rs 245 crore would
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Maheshwar project cost-effective , environment-friendly
S Kumars : S Kumers, promoters of the Maheshwar hydel power project in Madhya Pradesh, refuting the claims of Narmada bacaho andolan (NBA) have said the project was "environment-friendly and
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Pro-dam activists castigate NBA for prejudiced campaigning
With anti-Narmada dam activists somewhat on the defensive after the searing summer exposed the shortages of drinking water in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, pro-dam activists have
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Rehabilitation of SSP oustees
The democratic Front Government in Maharashtra was ready to discuss the issue of rehabilitation of Sardar Sarovar Project(SSP) oustees with the Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, the
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Dam, no land
Maharashtra goes back on Narmada deal: The Indian People's Tribunal, an independent body monitoring the pace of rehabilitation of the oustees of the Sardar Sarovar Project, has in its yet to be
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US firm to hold talks with NBA activists
The American company, contracted to build the controversial Maheshwar Dam on river Narmada, will hold talks in August with those affected by the project before investing in it, an umbrella activist
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Satyagraha against dam to begin on July 15
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, today announced that the people living in areas to be affected by the Sardar Sarovar dam would launch a 'satyagraha' at Jalsindhi in Madhya
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NBA against Digvijay deal with Gujarat
The Narmada Bachao Andolan leader, Ms Medha Patkar, today attacked the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Digvijay Singh, for this alleged ongoing bid to strike a "political deal" with the Central
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Debate
NBA blasts GCCI: The "healthy and open debate" which Gujarat Chamber of Commerce of Industry planned between Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA)leader Medha Patkar and author Arundhati Roy has sparked off a
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Narmada victims converge in Bhopal
A large number of villagers affected by the Sardar Sarovar dam led by the Narmada bachao Andolan leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, took out a procession here today and staged a demonstration at the Madhya
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Narmada activists mount pressure on Germany
Indian opponents of the controversial Maheshwar dam, being built as part of the Narmada Valley power project, have mounted pressure on the federal government, Berlin not to grant Hermes export credit
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Hidden hand behind Narmada project
Gujarat's major irrigation projects minister Jay Narayan Vyas claims certain external forces and lobbies are behind the campaign against the Narmada dam project to scuttle the state's and the
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CM to flag off water train for Saurashtra
Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel will flag off the first Narmada water train from Bharuch to drought-affected Saurashtra region on Tuesday. Patel told reporters last week that the supply of water from