At a ceremony in Gujarat, Modi said the Sardar Sarovar dam, the second largest in the world by volume of concrete used, had been completed despite a “massive misinformation campaign” by opponents. Campaigns led by a grassroots opposition group, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), succeeded in pressuring the World Bank to order a review of its funding for the project in 1992. In response to an NBA lawsuit in 1996, the Indian supreme court halted construction on the dam. Patkar said the focus of the movement against the dam would shift to campaigning for adequate compensation for the displaced. “The government is obligated by the supreme court to fulfil all social and environmental conditions,” she said.

Source: The Guardian September 18, 2017 15:42 UTC