Choose an issue that has provoked a controversy like the Bhopal Gas Tragedy or the Narmada Dam project in which the lives of the poor have been affected.

Find out the facts of the case.

Present your arguments.

Suggest a possible settlement.

Students’ activity – They must:

2.Find out the facts of the case, like:

What happened, where happened, when happened.

How happened, what effects, what outcome, how much losses, what other related things.

3.Present your arguments, like:

How the lives of the poor were affected with special reference to – their residence (huts); means of income, food and clothes, lives of their children and other things.

4. Suggest a possible settlement, like:

Whose responsibility, how the damage took place,

Whose carelessness, what compensation or What relief, who to provide relief and how much relief essential for pulling on with life and other related things; the possible secure alternative for future.

The clear guidelines are provided above and the students might try even one of the two above stated issues that provoked a controversy as –

THE NARMADA DAM PROJECT (HINTS)

Hint : River in Central India; about 1290 km. long; east to west like Tapti and Mahanadi rivers; at Jabalpur Narmada Valley of Vindya and Satpura ranges, through M. P., Gujarat, into Arabian Sea at Gujarat. Sardar Sarover Project due from 1949 but started after 1980, generate power for entire part; shifting of poor people, former, villages but with or without providing proper housing facilities. Height more than 110 metres. Narmada Bachao Andolan. Medha Patekar—a social activist.