write a note on narmada bachawo Andolan.
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Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is a social movement started by the adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human right activists against a number of large dams being built across the Narmada River, which flows through the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, all in India.Narmada Bachao Andolan was initiated by Medha Patkar along with other colleagues. Medha Patkar is a graduate in social work, who moved to live among the tribals of the Narmada Valley in the mid-1980s and alerted them to the fate that awaited them with the dams.
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Narmada bachao andolan is a social movement started by adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human right activities against against a number of large dam being built across the Narmada River, which flows through the state of Gujarat Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, all in the India. Their mode of campiagn include hunger strikes and garnering support from films and art personality. Narmada bachao andolan, with is leading spokesperson Medha patkar and Baba Amte, received the right livelihood Award in 1991