thousand acres of forests and agricultural land . On the other hand it will overall deprive thousands of people of their livelihood . Led by one of the prominent leader Medha Patkar , it has now been turned into the International protest , gaining support from NGO ' S all around the globe . Protestors are agitating the issue through the mass media , hunger strikes , massive marches , rallies and the through the on screen of several documentary films . Inspite of their peaceful protest , they have been harassed , arrested and beaten up by the police . The Narmada Banchao Andolan has been pressurizing the World Bank to withdraw its loan from the project . The arguments against this plan is large dams imply large budgets for related projects leading to large profits for a small group of people . It has been emphasized that the water problems of drought-prone areas of Gujarat , like Kutch , Saurashtra and North Gujarat are real . However given the nature of the plans for Sardar Sarovar , it will never solve these problems . On the contrary , in the shadow of the costliest project ever undertaken in India , it is unlikely that alternative schemes that would genuinely address these problems would be implemented .
Sardar Sarovar takes up over 80 % of Gujarat ' s irrigation budget but has only 1.6 % of cultivable land in Kutch , 9 % of cultivable land in Saurashtra and 20 % cultivable land in North Gujarat in its command area . Moreover , these areas are at the tail-end of the command and would get water only after all the area along the canal path get their share of the water , and that too after 2020 AD . In summary , all available indicators suggest that these needy areas are never going to benefit from the Sardar Sarovar Project . In simple terms , the struggle over the river Narmada holds a mirror to our national face and challenges our commitment to professed ideals of justice , equality and democracy .
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Churni Nadi Pollution River Mathabhanga of Bangladesh , bifurcates at east of Krishnanagar ( at Majdia ), West Bengal – with two resulting streams viz . Churni and Ichamati . The Churni River passes in a direction slightly south west direction in Nadia district e . g . Ranaghat over a stretch of 56 km . and falls into river Hugli between Shantipur and Chakdah .
The application was filed by Mr . Madanlal , advocate & resident of Ranaghat Municipality alleging severe pollution ,
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