The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
india is facing the worst kind of floods in some of its most dammed states. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh top the list of states with the maximum number of dams. Chhattisgarh and Orissa have also been affected. Releases from dams are leading to floods, as is happening …
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 Supreme Court on May 8, 2006, declined to stay the ongoing construction work of the Sardar Sarovar dam and asked the prime minister to take a decision on the basis of a forthcoming report of the review group. This was the final decision on the petition filed by the …
Here is a social drama with the most complex of plots. The dramatis personae of the Sardar Sarovar Project (ssp): four state governments with a multiplicity of departments; threea Union ministries with ministers, bureaucrats and technocrats; a tribunal of three retired high court judges that gave an
When cleared by the Planning Commission in 1988, ssp was to cost Rs 6,406 crore. By 2000, delays spiralled the cost to Rs 9,000 crore. Gujarat’s share of the cost jumped from Rs 4,904 crore to Rs 6,800 crore. The full cost, including the canals and interest payments will be …
This year, Chandra Nagar village in Savli tehsil of Vadodara district got water from the SSP. It received water for the third year in succession. And for the third consecutive year, water did not reach the village service area as promised. The plan was: each water users' association at the …
the character of our democracy is clear. Irrespective of political brands, politicians representing the affected people in Narmada valley never stood by their electorate. But legislators representing the perceived beneficiaries always had a bigger clout in the debate. Even if we assume that the existence of the Sardar Sarovar Project …
Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan continues her fast in the intensive care unit of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (aiims), New Delhi. She has been fasting since March 29, 2006,in protest against raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the river Narmada. Patkar was forcibly …
Over the past few days, Jantar Mantar has been the venue of two protests - against two of worst tragedies Independent India has witnessed. On one side of the road were activists fighting for justice for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy - the chemical disaster that killed, maimed …
construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project (ssp) on the river Narmada has resumed after two-years. On March 8, 2006, the Narmada Control Authority (nca) cleared an increase of 11.28 metres in the Narmada dam's height
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 …
It is now clear after two eventful decades that the crucial aspect of the tussle over the dams on the Narmada, particularly the Indira Sagar Project, is the neglect of resettlement and rehabilitation. "We aren't against the dam. We can't be it's already built. But be fair. Give us our …
The Controversies over the multi-crore Sardar Sarovar Project notwithstanding, the Gujarat government has dreamt up a mega dam project across the Gulf of Khambhat, to trap the waters of 12 rivers that flow into the Gulf of Cambay and create a huge freshwater reservoir. Supposed to end all Saurashtra's water …
Justice prevails: The Supreme Court on March 15, 2005, ruled that states will have to allot alternative cultivable land to even those people who have been affected temporarily by the Sardar Sarovar Project on Narmada River. The judgement is expected to have a major impact on the relief and rehabilitation …
Strong political pressure is being brought to bear on Maharashtra to agree that the height of the Narmada dam should be increased. The state had objected to the move because it had not completed the rehabilitation exercise. The Narmada Control Authority, therefore, deferred the decision until a spot assessment was …
The villages of Alirajpur are the first in Madhya Pradesh to be affected by the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP). They are all Adivasi communities with a mixed economy based on agriculture (on titled land as well as forest encroachments), forest produce, herding, and fishing. The cash component of the economy …
The Digvijay Singh government in Madhya Pradesh paid the price for ignoring the demands of those displaced by the Narmada Valley project. Now, under a BJP government will there be a change in the resettlement and rehabilitation policy? UNLIKE the Congress(I), which has waffled on the issue of the Narmada …
as the waters of Narmada river soar close to the 99-metre mark at the Sardar Sarovar project site, the dam-affected people in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh find themselves precariously perched again. Amid the highly charged atmosphere, Pradeep Bhargav of the Narmada Valley Development Authority (nvda) declared that all oustees living …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (nba) has regained its freedom of speech. In October 2001 the Bombay City Civil Court had passed an injunction, restraining the anti-dam activist group from making any defamatory statements or writing about the Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation (smhpc). The directive came after the nba levelled …
