Whenever the name of River Narmada comes to one’s mind, a beautiful river rising from Amarkantak passing through western ghats, emptying itself in Arabian Sea delight the eyes. The river has been a symbol of struggle from last 25 years. The struggle between “modern development” & “ecological harmony”. The construction of Sardar Sarovar dam “resurgent temple of India” has displaced lot of people; completely altered the environment of the region. The project is still not complete more area is suppose to be added; this will make an addition in the number of “developmental refugees” too. At this juncture, this needs to be stopped. The struggle of farmers, fishermen, Adivasis is at final and critical stage. The government is planning to raise the dam to its final height 17 metre high gates. According to world bank report the big dams of India have given only 10 percent of promised benefits. This means something is wrong with these projects; and same is relevant to the dam on Narmada.
The question of survival made the affected people to initiate Jeevan Adhikar Yatra. The march will begin from Rajghat in Badwani on 11th April and will conclude in Indore on 13th. An indefinite action will be carried out from the same place.
Lets come forward and show the solidarity with the people who are struggling against this so called development.
