Time and again the same nonsense prevails. To all NBA members and especially Medha Patkar...
Consider this (or rather compare this)
1. Perfectly renewable source of energry versus smoke spewing thermal powerplants
2. Frequent episodes of drought & failed crops with hardship to millions of farmers versus water for most parts of a year
3. The lives of millions of farmers facing water shortage against thousands of displaced people (who can be rehabilitated)
4. Soil conservation & fishing oportunities by a dam versus soil erosion
5. Fresh water supply versus desalination plants to provide drinking water
There are many more arguements for the project than against. Maybe during these past few years you people should have stayed and experienced a dry Gujarat & talk to the farmers who have faced failing crops, poverty and hardship due to water shortage.
Please do something useful if you are genuinely 'environmentalists'. Go plant a tree instead (I have nearly a hundred to my credit and I am not an environmentalist) or set up a bio-gas plant in a village.
If you still dont see light, I cant say anything else other than asking you to get your head scanned
