LESS THAN A hundred adivasis and villagers from the Narmada valley led by Medha Patkar of the Narmada Bachao Andolan who came to the Capital today had the police force in a tizzy.
The villagers and activists who gathered outside Shastri Bhawan, where the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) had a meeting.
After demonstrating the whole day, these villagers from the dam affected areas of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh were allowed a meeting with secretary Ministry of Tribal Affairs S K Naik. At the meeting they asked for a delegation of the ministry
to visit the area and inquire in to the rehabilitation of the tribals.
Finally, Patkar was allowed to speak before the NCA. “It appears from the meeting that no further construction of Sardar Sarovar dam will be allowed,” Patkar said after the meeting.
