construction of dam is development for industrials but it is destruction for tribals this is an example for
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If you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country.”
- Jawaharlal Nehru, speaking to villagers who were to be displaced by the Hirakud Dam, 1948.
Development induced displacement
Since India's independence in 1947, there has been a surge of economic development activities in the form of massive infrastructure development projects such as the construction of dams for power and irrigation, the building of roads, urbanization, mining, building of thermal power plants, etc. Proponents of large dams argue that only these types of massive projects can improve India's economy and the lives of millions of people. But the flip side of this sort of development is that it has displaced more than 42 million people in the country.
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'Development for one can be destruction for others'. I totally agree with the statement.
Consider the following example: A builder took a contract of constructing a dam over a river. The river provided water for irrigation to the farmers there. But now due to the construction of dam, the farmers living there will not be getting sufficient water for irrigation. Moreover a major landmass will occupied for the construction of dam.
By this example we see that the construction of dam was development for the builder but a destruction for farmers.
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