The Narmada Bachao Andolan redefined activism and cradled a whole generation of gallant dissenters. But where does it stand today? I walked down the weather-beaten road of Jhanda Chowk in the ...

Even critics of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA)—led by rights activist Medha Patkar —concede that only such a sustained agitation led to the rehabilitation of some ‘project-affected ...

However, by using his articles mainly to attack Medha Patkar, a leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Aiyar squandered the opportunity to join the debate about the human and environmental costs of ...

The sore point between the Narmada Bachao Andolan and the government is on the question of rehabilitation. NEW DELHI: The sore point between the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and the government is ...

Patkar, the founder of the 'Narmada Bachao Andolan', and her associates had launched the fast on July 27, demanding "proper" rehabilitation and resettlement of those affected by the Sardar Sarovar ...

NEW DELHI: Social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar has moved the Delhi High Court against the dismissal of her plea seeking to introduce and examine an additional witness in ...

Koteshwar ghat, where one of the first major meetings of the Narmada Bachao Andolan was held way back in the mid 1980s, will be submerged, along with the temples and the prospects of Kiran's ...

Thus began one of the country’s longest and most powerful mass movements, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). About 245 villages across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh were submerged by ...