Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kirtikumar Sadashiv Bhatt Vs Narmada Water Resource & Others dated 02/12/2024. The matter relates to the discharge of untreated water into the waterbody in Narmada and encroachment. Affidavit dated November 28, 2024 has been filed by …
An agitational approach to river disputes only prolongs them Disputes of river waters are almost as perennial as the rivers themselves. Wars have been fought over water since the dawn of human history, and disputes have raged between states for centuries over the sharing of river waters. It is not …
While the debate over the Sardar Sarovar Project continues, many within the state and outside are still unaware of the dam's benefits- The controversy over the Sardar Sarovar Project (ssp) is never-ending. The debate over the gigantic project has been going on for almost two decades now. Last week, the …
On July 10, 2006, the Supreme Court (SC) refused to stop construction work going on at the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam to raise its height. In April 2006, Narmada Bachao Andolan had moved the apex court asking for a stay on raising the height of the dam, in view of …
The history of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the river Narmada is the history of successive governments finding surreptitious ways to drown reasonable debate in the face of incontrovertible facts. Today, evidence in the audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) points to the economic insolvency that plagues …
According to the Union ministry of social justice and empowerment, the number of families affected in Madhya Pradesh (MP) alone, when the dam height was 110.64 m, was 8,860 in 104 villages. This number did not include families affected by temporary submergence. After the Supreme Court judgment of 2005, MP …
Mangleya Kaleya Paora wanted to be heard. So he swam across the Jharkal river to Kharey Bhaadal village in western Madhya Pradesh (MP). Kharey Bhaadal falls bang in the middle of the submergence area of the Narmada dam. On the other side of the river is the village of Bhaadal …
ONE accusation that is flung at the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) consistently is that the organisation is against the Sardar Sarovar dam. While this was true at one time, the NBA has been forced to accept the existence of the dam and it no longer denounces its construction. Instead, its …
ON March 8, the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) gave the green signal to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam from 110.64 metres to 121.92 m. The permission was given based on the recommendation of the Rehabilitation & Resettlement (R&R;) sub-group of the NCA, which said that all those …
1947: The Central Waterways Irrigation and Navigation Commission, acting on the request of the Central Provinces, Berar (now part of the Vidarbha region in Maharashtra) and the Government of Bombay, begins a study of the Navagram project (renamed Sardar Sarovar Project in 1978) for developing the Narmada river system. (In …
The Sardar Sarovar Project has been the focus of a long drawn-out conflict between the Gujarat government and experts, on the one hand, and anti-big dam activists, on the other. This is a revisiting of the principles behind an alternative that was articulated 10 years ago, but is still relevant …
The Omkareshwar reservoir had been planted for first filling during March 2008. However, before the initial filling, assessment of Rabi crop coming submergence was required for compensation purposes, if required.
Inception of Omkareshwar Project dates back to year 1955, when CWPC prepared a report on hydroelectric potential of entire Narmada river and the project has been mentioned as "Barwaha". It was also seconded in Khosla Committee report in 1965.
Is the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar dam another Narmada in the making? Despite protests, the project is on. "It is a historic moment. Call it god's gift." Thus spake a buoyant Andhra Pradesh CM Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy announcing the environmental clearance granted to the Rs 13,500 crore Indirasagar project on …
a recent discovery of fragments of fossilised bones from the Narmada basin has once again brought to the fore the question of the antiquity of the first humans on the Indian subcontinent. Anek Ram Sankhyan, a senior anthropologist with the Kolkata-based Anthropological Survey of India (asi), had unearthed collarbones and …
Another monsoon, and the level of fear and tension rises in Harsud and other towns affected by the Sardar Sarovar project. EVERY year prior to the monsoons, restlessness and fear grip the people in the Narmada valley. "Will our houses go under this time?", "Will our village become an island …
June 7 saw the life of Binda bai, a tribal woman belonging to Golkheda village in Madhya Pradesh's (mp) Khargone district, change drastically for the worse. The day had begun on a normal enough note, with her husband Jawan Singh setting off to work in his fields. But the 55-year-old …
As approval for a crucial increase in the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam is awaited, there is concern about whether Maharashtra will complete the resettlement and rehabilitation of the affected people in time. There are also doubts whether the State will, ultimately, benefit in any way from the project. …
on november 3, oustees and activists from 12 states resolved to tackle issues facing dam-affected people. They took note of the Union government's river networking project that would require construction of several new dams in addition to the existing 150 proposals, and decided that they will staunchly oppose any fresh …
Thirty years of planning, 15 years of construction, ten years of promises and Rs 15,000 crore later, the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is finally functioning
