How the NBA people see the process of the resettlement promise
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Fifty-six years ago, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone at Gora in south Gujarat for a 49.4-metre dam on the river Narmada.
Disputes among Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra over sharing water from the river led to delays in the project until the setting up of the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) in 1969 which resolved them. Over the decades, the dam grew in height gradually and it now stands at 138.68 m—89 m taller than originally intended. The argument was that the taller the dam, the better for irrigation and drinking water supply, and power generation. But the fact that it would entail much more rehabilitation responsibility never seemed to have been taken seriously.
The increase in the height of the dam is at the core of the controversy over Sardar Sarovar. In 1991, the dam’s biggest funder, the World Bank, was forced to commission an independent review after seeing the extent of resistance to the dam. The Morse report, as the review is commonly referred to, flatly said resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) of people in such vast numbers was not possible and that the environmental impact had not been properly assessed. The Bank withdrew from the project. But work on the dam continued, though the corresponding R&R did not.
Fifty-six years ago, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru laid the foundation stone at Gora in south Gujarat for a 49.4-metre dam on the river Narmada.
Disputes among Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra over sharing water from the river led to delays in the project until the setting up of the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) in 1969 which resolved them. Over the decades, the dam grew in height gradually and it now stands at 138.68 m—89 m taller than originally intended. The argument was that the taller the dam, the better for irrigation and drinking water supply, and power generation. But the fact that it would entail much more rehabilitation responsibility never seemed to have been taken seriously.
The increase in the height of the dam is at the core of the controversy over Sardar Sarovar. In 1991, the dam’s biggest funder, the World Bank, was forced to commission an independent review after seeing the extent of resistance to the dam. The Morse report, as the review is commonly referred to, flatly said resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) of people in such vast numbers was not possible and that the environmental impact had not been properly assessed. The Bank withdrew from the project. But work on the dam continued, though the corresponding R&R did not.