Narmada: India's Soul in Danger
Sanctuary Asia, April 2000
© Sanctuary Asia, Mumbai, India 2000
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In the 1960's, when trust in technology was still
intact plans were put up to construct 30 huge dams
and thousands of small weirs across the Narmada river
and its tributaries. Bargi and Tawa dam have been
completed, half a dozen more are currently under c
onstruction. Half of the river is going to be turned
into still waters. A continuous series of lakes created
by the Sardar Sarovar, the Maheshwar, Omkareshwar and
Narmada Sagar dams would stretch from Rajpipla eastwards
upto near Hoshangabad. The ecology of the whole region
would be thrown out of balance.
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See also:
India's Programme on Interlinking Rivers
Troubled Water - India is heading for a water crisis
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