Medha Patkar cofounded the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) in 1996, which opposed resource conflicts arising from India’s globalization and liberalization policies. She is also the founder of the Narmada Dharangrastra Samiti, which, along with other local protesting bodies, initiated the Narmada Bachao Andolan (Save the Narmada Movement) to protest the displacement of local communities in the Narmada valley, the submerging of forests, and the lack of adequate resettlement plans and information dissemination to those affected by the dams that were planned as part of the Narmada Valley Development Project.
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