I have family relation in the souther part of rajasthan and have extensively visited Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, the acute shortage of water and electricity in those areas can only be removed by a dam or like sardar sarovar or power projects like indirasagar and omkareshwar (built on narmada upstream in MP).
Any other alternative like water harvesting can not prove to be sufficient in arid area like these to fulfill such a large scale demand of water.
These very activist would also take to roads if they dont get electricity or water. The most non-poluting way or producing water in hydro. but we have all the senseless agitation going on against the dam.
having said that yes compensation is an issue, andmust be addressed to ensure that these so called activist dont get a chance to pounce upon the issue to garner publicity.
