The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), or “Save the Narmada Movement,” emerged in 1985 to resist the Narmada Valley Development Project, which was a plan to construct a number of dams on the Narmada River, with the Sardar Sarovar Dam being one of the largest dams and a key area of focus for the NBA. Led by Medha Patkar and other activists such as Baba Amte, the movement comprised tribal communities, environmentalists, farmers, and human rights advocates. The NBA protested the displacement of people, the submerging of forests, and the lack of adequate resettlement plans and information dissemination to those affected. The NBA’s efforts secured some concessions and delays from the Supreme Court of India and led to the World Bank’s withdrawal from the project in 1993. Although work on the Sardar Sarovar Dam was completed in 2017, the NBA continued to work on ensuring that the government made concessions to affected communities.
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