Development for one may not be destruction for others. justify.
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It is true that development for one may v
not be development for the other.
(i) More wages means development for a worker, but it can go against the entrepreneur.
(ii) A rich farmer or trader wants to sell food grains at a higher price but a poor worker wants to purchase it for low prices.
(iii) Construction of a dam means more and cheap power, but people, who will lose their habitat will demonstrate.
(iv) To get more electricity, the industrialists may want more dams. But this may submerge the agricultural land, and disrupt the lives of the people.
Every individual is different from each other and hence their notion of development also varies. Two individuals or group of people may have conflicting interests. The fulfillment of the desires of one group may have an opposite effect on the other group. For example, the building of large dams is considered as the sign of development by many people. However, it results in the displacement of the villagers and tribals from their homes and the destruction of forest land. They therefore resent the building of large dams and hold protests demanding their land. The ‘Narmada Bachao Andolan’ is one such case where the villagers and tribals are protesting against the building of Sardar Sarovar Dam on the river Narmada.