Medha Patkar was wrong on Narmada project says SA Aiyar in Swaminomics https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Swaminomics/medha-patkar-was-wrong-on-narmada-project/ September 4, 2022, He seems to write it as if he was a supporter. The author had changed his mind a long time ago!
A Flawed Survey Resettled Oustees from Narmada Valley https://www.epw.in/node/155652/pdf
No, Swaminathan Aiyar, Adivasis ousted by the Narmada project aren’t lovin’ it. Shripad Dharmadhikary & Nandini Oza https://scroll.in/article/850777/no-swaminathan-aiyar-adivasis-ousted-by-the-narmada-project-arent-lovin-it-they-are-desperate
Sep 17, 2017 They are desperate The economic journalist’s claims about the people displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Project ring hollow.
Aiyar’s articles are based on surveys that he and a colleague did among some of the Adivasis ousted by the Sardar Sarovar dam, comparing their situation with the people left behind in the hilly areas near the river and others in the hilly areas but near a mining project. Aiyar claims their “surveys showed, unambiguously, the resettled villagers were better off than their former neighbours in semi-evacuated villages”. Comparing the resettled villagers with their former neighbours who have stayed behind, access to drinking water was 45% against 33%, to Primary Health Centres 37% against 12%, to hospitals 14% against 3%.
Given that the oustees were resettled 25-30 years ago and that the Sardar Sarovar project has poured in hundreds of crores of rupees for resettlement, these figures don’t speak of the oustees being better off. In fact, they point to their pathetic condition. After 30 years and a huge amount of money being spent, 55% of the resettled people have no access to drinking water, 63% to Primary Health Centres and 86% to hospitals.
Why many tribals don’t mind being ousted by dams September 9, 2017, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/Swaminomics/why-many-tribals-dont-mind-being-ousted-by-dams/
Medha Patkar will be sent to jail? मेधा पाटकर क्या भेजी जाएगी जेल? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOdniHFJVSI
1st Sept. 2022 गुजरात के मुख्यमंत्री द्वारा प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी की उपस्थिति में सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता मेधा पाटकर को अरवन नक्सल कहा गया।अपनी असफलताओं का ठीकरा मेधा पाटकर पर फोड़ने की कोशिश की। मेधा नरेंद्र मोदी के निशाने पर शुरू से रही हैं। नर्मदा बचाओ आंदोलन को विकास विरोधी गुजरात विरोधी बता कर गुजरात में राजनीति की जाती रही है। अब मेधा पाटकर के माध्यम से आम आदमी पार्टी को निशाना बनाया जा रहा है। गुजरात में मेधा पाटकर को आम आदमी की मुख्यमंत्री पद का चेहरा बता कर भ्रम फैलाया जा रहा है। उन्हें अरवन नक्सल बता कर मोदी सरकार क्या जेल भेजने की तैयारी कर रही है। बहुजन संवाद में आज चर्चा इसी विषय पर।