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Narmada Dam Talhah
Narmada Dam Talhah
Presented By:
Vidya Hanchate Mohammed Shahnoor Khan Kunal Malode Talhah Patel Sudhir Singh SUDARSHAN KHEDEKAR To: Prof. Bharat nadkarni 10 20 30 40 50 60
Narmada means ever-delightful, one of the holiest rivers in the country of India
they say that even the site of the river will cleanse all of your sins
Other facts
It will displace 180,000 people more than projected and affect 700,000 livelihoods 3,200 dams to be built along 1,200km Narmada river. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan were likely to benefit from this project. Opponents says the DAM will displace 200,000 people and damage ecology. It is estimated that the project would be fully complete by 2025.
Proponents
Indian Government supports the building of dams. The World Bank supported the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project and loaned India $450 million. They withdrew from the project after an independent review confirmed social and environmental impacts were increasing. Supreme court gave stay order & directed the states to complete rehabilitation process.
In 2000, Supreme court gave the final verdict of completion of construction according to its original scale.
Opponents
Dalits and Adivasi (indigenous people). In accordance to their caste system they are often referred to as untouchables. Many of these people are uneducated and very few can read and write.
DHARNA
Opponents
Baba Amte; a social worker whose work with leprosy has earned him much respect in the country among the tribal people and government officials. Arundhati Roy; Booker Prize-winning author supporter of the Save the Narmada Movement; wrote a book about the Dams in India called The Greater Common Good. Nobody builds Big Dams to provide drinking water to rural people. Nobody can afford to. There's a lot of money in poverty . - Arundhati Roy
3. Create new ecosystems e.g. Reservoirs can be build and used economically
Large water bodies shall be created as a result of various dams being constructed on the river Narmada & its tributaries.
The reservoirs would, therefore, offer tremendous opportunities for fisheries development which would ultimately benefit the fishermen socially and economically in the respective areas.
2. Drowning trees
4. Salinisation
Soils may become saline in desert areas i.e. No new farming would be sustainable Of the total area to be irrigated by Sardar Sarovar, only 40% is classified as "suitable" and "very suitable" for irrigation. The remaining 60%, had more or less severe problems related to high salt content in the soil impacting the flora and fauna and the groundwater making the water not suitable for drinking.
5. Threat to aquatic habitat Barriers for fish passage, water quality is affected because of change in land use. It can also affect aquatic life.
6. Water logging Excess water in the soil can render the soil useless. This could affect 40% of the area to be irrigated.
PROMISES OF Resettlement
While the pictures of the new settlements look like an improvement, they are deceiving. The resettlement agency showed the same town to tribal people who were considering being relocated. For those that resign to move, will be taken to a completely different town with no amenities promised, if there are any houses available at all
Old school
The other option is to take a cash payment for what their land is worth, which oftentimes is not enough to buy other property and goes to food for survival
New school
But..
.if the water is so scarce why is there a water park in Gujarat where people are dying of thirst?
Utilizing Resources
The village of Raj Samadhiyala is also in the drought region and yet it is self-sufficient in water because they are using simple water saving and collecting techniques to recharge the groundwater level and their wells.
References/Bibliography
Articles, Books, Case Studies Caufield, Catherine (1996) Masters of illusion: The world Bank & Poverty of Nations. New York, Henry Holt.
Hails, Dr. Chris (2004).UNEP Workshop on Financing Dams and Sustainable Development, WWF International London, 21-22 April 2004
Jain, Sonu (2004). Can Gujarat quench the great thirst? The Indian Express. March 14 Pottinger, Lori (2001) Dammed if you do. The Ecologist. Feb Rangachari, R., Sengupta, N., Iyer, R.R., Banerji, P., and Singh, S. (2000). Large Dams: Indias Experience, a WCD case study prepared a an input to the World Commission on Dams, Capetown, www.dams.org
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