What do you think were the reasons for their protest by the affected people Narmada Valley ?what reason the government have for 'callous disregard' of the protest against raising the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River?
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Affected people in the Narmada Valley protested against the project due to large scale deforestation, displacement of homes and shortage of river water supply for irrigation.
These affected people have been told to vacate their homes after leaving their houses and agricultural lands.
Height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam was raised to a height of 139 metres which led to mass protests from tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
There was a huge protest for this project by the framers and the social activists both.
Their main concern was the increasing number of projects that are being made on this river and this has proved fatal for the agriculture as there is no water for the framers.
So the government took measures to curb the protest and come up with some solution.