MP GOVERNMENT IS GIVING ‘LIVING ENTITY STATUS’ TO A ‘DYING RIVER’ Narmada has been blocked by so many dams that its waters no longer reach the sea, the sea has started to move inwards. WE ARE HERE TO CHALLENGE AND WARN AUTHORITIES WHO ARE CONSPIRING TO ILLEGALLY CLOSE THE GATES OF THE DAM IN THE 9 MAY NCA MEETING

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This is a time when even politicians of Madhya Pradesh are demanding to accord the status of a ‘living entity’ to Narmada just like Ganga and Yamuna, how are State and central governments planning to forcibly crush lakhs of Narmada’s children like insects? It is ironical that Chief Minister of M.P. is spending crores of public money and travelling through the valley with a caravan of political personalities, administrative officials, while the real affected people of the valley have to come to Bhopal to demand justice.

During the highly media-hyped Narmada Seva Yatra, any attempt to hold ‘general meetings’ by common public to discuss the real problems of the region were cut short by detaining top activists of the NBA. The Chief Minister to barely spoke for 5-10 minutes in the helipad of Kukshi Tehsil and gave false assurances of detailed meeting is now not even available in Bhopal to listen to the woes of the people. The Chief Minister has not entered into a dialogue for last 15 years.

If the state and administration thinks that they can illegally take the decision to close the gates of the Sardar Sarovar Dam to a full height of 139 meters and submerge the valley on their 9 May meeting of the Narmada Control Authority, the people of the valley have arrived in Bhopal to challenge and warn them.

In the latest Supreme Court judgement no relief has been granted to landless people and farmers who have already taken only Rs. 5.5 lakh compensation in the past.