1. First of all, we should remember that the Narmada dam's height has been increased atleast 5 times since building it. From the first time, the claim of the government is that it will increase irrigation. When their claim proved wrong, they sought to raise the height again. In fact, the power generated from big dams or the irrigation benefits from it are too low - and not worth the effort spent in displacing so many people. That is the NBA's argument. Now, you may not agree with them - but then you should be able to debate them. The problem (as Medha mentions here) is that there IS no public debate in India about the consequences of government policy. In that she IS correct. 2. We should also note that the Gujarat and MP governments have violated their own laws multiple times while dealing with the displaced. This HAS been acknowledged by the SC. So, another facet of Medha's struggle has been to get the correct compensation. The main reason most people have joined in the struggle is because that IS true - the governments HAVE cheated on compensation to them. Thus, in this also, she is correct. The problem is, the reason why "educated" people from all over India oppose Medha is for two reasons: 1. Because she is a leftist. And our "educated" understanding of leftism goes from the so-called China "betrayal" to the belief that we had to stand in line for telephone because of leftists. The proof is that many of the comments here DO talk about such things instead of the nuc
