Ever since the Narmada Control Authority in its Action Taken Report permitted the raising of the Sardar Sarovar dam to 110.64 metres, the entire tribal belt in the Narmada valley came under the submergence zone. The scale of devastation during this monsoon will depend on the extent of rainfall here.
Read more in Frontline: “Flood of fears”
Volume 21 – Issue 16, Jul. 31 – Aug. 13, 2004
India’s National Magazine
from the publishers of THE HINDU
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