INDORE: To provide immediate relief to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to delay in development of command area of the Omkareshwar project, Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday directed Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and officials of Narmada Valley Development Authourity (NVDA) to …
INDORE: To provide immediate relief to farmers whose crops have been destroyed due to delay in development of command area of the Omkareshwar project, Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Monday directed Medha Patkar of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and officials of Narmada Valley Development Authourity (NVDA) to …
Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh high court on Tuesday directed the state government to constitute a high-level committee under chief secretary to discuss and resolve issues pertaining to Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canal project in Narmada valley. A double bench of Chief Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice J K …
Despite a crackdown on their jal satyagraha, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists are undeterred by the arrests of villagers in the Narmada ghatti. Hundreds of displaced people in Malud village in Khandwa district have entered the water demanding proper rehabilitation including land for the loss of their fields, farms …
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) will hold a jal satyagaraha (protesters sitting in water) in the Indira Sagar Dam from September 1. Simultaneous protests will take place in Badkhalia, Mel Pipliya and Unwa villages in Khandwa, Dewas and Harda districts respectively. A similar satyagraha took place last year at the …
Seek extension of deadline for Omkareshwar evacuation Around a thousand Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists staged a protest in front of the Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) here on Monday, against the delay in rehabilitation of evictees of five dams. More than 200 policemen in riot gear manned barricades from …
Outsees of various projects on Narmada formed a human chain and took out a rally from Neelam Park, to Budhwara and Yadgar-e-Shahjehani Park, on Sunday. A large number of oustees from Omkareshwar, Maheshwar and Indira Sagar dams and others participated in this. Demanding relief and rehabilitation, a large number of …
Warning comes after the approval by a sub group of the Narmada Control authority to a proposal to raise height of the dam from 122 meters to 138.68 meters Medha Patkar has warned of a situation similar to Uttarakhand in the Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh if the height of …
Will press for demands; land against land, adequate compensation and sufficient time for resettlement Thousands of villages from the five Narmada dam affected villages will launch a five-day Satyagraha in Bhopal under the aegis of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) to take on state authorities from June 28. They will press …
Sitapur: Taking a cue from their counterparts in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, who participated in neck-deep ‘Jal Satyagraha’ in September 2012 demanding the lowering of the water level in the Omkareshwar dam, as many as 1,500 residents of Kashipur village and some others from the neighbouring Kamharia and Barhinpurwa …
Minister of State for Narmada Valley Development and Narmada Valley Development Authority Chairman Shri Kanhaiyalal Agrawal has exhorted Narmada Valley irrigation project engineers to make all-out efforts to achieve targets till year 2020. Shri Agrawal directed the engineers to achieve this year’s target to create actual irrigation potential in two …
If the hundreds displaced in the Narmada valley owe the good deal they got to the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), there are thousands of others who have been deprived of benefits they would potentially have got had the pressure group allowed development projects to be completed on time. From Jal …
While a ministerial committee began hearing grievances of oustees of the Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh, Narmada Bachao Andolan activists met President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday. The state government had constituted a five-member panel after reducing water level at the Omkareshwar dam to 189 m which ended an NBA-led agitation …
Two days after giving in to the Narmada Bachao Andolan-led “Jal Satyagraha” by oustees of the Omkareshwar dam, the Madhya Pradesh government in an early morning crackdown on Wednesday forcibly ended a similar protest by oustees of the Indira Sagar dam. More than 100 protesters — some had squatted in …
Bowing before villagers, protesting in neck-deep water of the Narmada for the last 17 days, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday announced reduction in the water level of Omkareshwar dam to 189 metres. Talking to media persons, the Chief Minister said, "Taking into account the present situation, the state …
Barely a couple of hours after police evicted protesters from a 'Jal Satyagraha' today, about 50 persons from villages near Khardana entered the Narmada river demanding reduction of the Indira Sagar dam height and immediate resolution of other issues. Around 50 persons entered the river after police arrested over 100 …
M.P. government agrees to demands of Omkareshwar Dam oustees Oustees of the Omkareshwar Dam project called off their jal satyagraha on Monday after the Madhya Pradesh government accepted all their demands and constituted a ministerial committee to look into their grievances. On the 17th day of the protest, Chief Minister …
New Delhi: While the first responsibility of addressing issues of oustees of the Omkareshwar dam project lies with the Madhya Pradesh Government, activists say the Centre, especially ministries of Power, Water Resources, Environment and Tribal Affairs, cannot be absolved for their liabilities and here’s why. Himanshu Thakkar of the South …
Khandwa: Shri. Arun yadhav, Member of Parliament, Khandwa District reached the Jal Satyagraha site at Ghoghalgaon and heard out the issues of the Oustees. The Oustees conveyed to Shri Yadhav that “The State Government and the NHDC are not only violating the Human Rights by increasing the level of the …
The functioning of state-run power companies has come under strong criticism from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). The CAG has faulted NHPC, THDC, SJVN and NEEPCO for poor implementation of their hydro power projects, resulting in Rs.14,700 crore cost over-runs. In its report tabled in Parliament on Friday, the …
