Question
Explain briefly about Narmada Bachao Andolan or Save Narmada Movement.
Solution
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.
