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.
Special Feature:-
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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