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Water Resources
Explain briefly about Narmada Bachao Andolan or Save Narmada Movement.
Narmada Bachao Andolan or Save Narmada Movement is a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO).
(i)It mobilised tribal people, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built across the Narmada river in Gujarat.
(ii)It originally focused on the environmental issues related to trees that would be submerged under the dam water.
(iii)Recently it has re-focused the aim to enable poor citizens, especially the oustees (displaced people) to get full rehabilitation facilities from the government.
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Choose the region out of the following which suffer (generally) from water-scarcity
Which purpose is served by the Multipurpose Projects?
Which is not the source of irrigation in India?
Which one out of the following mentioned is not a multi-purpose river valley project of North India?
Which of the following is not a source of fresh water?
The fresh water is continually being renewed and recharged through ___________ .
___________ is a circular village tank from which water is released as and when required.
What percentage (or portion) of our earth surface is covered with water?
Which of the following is not true with reference to water scarcity?
Which of the following is not true with reference to rain water harvesting?
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