And The Dam(n) Construction Continues...

It is often said The Narmada projects are the epitome of unsustainable development. Victory for the NBA over the Narmada dams would be a great achievement for sustainability and a reprieve from homelessness and refugee status for several hundred thousand people.

and...

Baba Amte, born in 1914, is one of India's most respected social and moral leaders. Most of his life he has devoted to the care and rehabilitation of leprosy patients. His community of 2,000 patients at Anandwan is known and respected around the world and has done much to dispel prejudice against the victims of leprosy. In 1990 he left Anandwan with the words: "I am leaving to live along the Narmada... Narmada will linger on the lips of the nation as a symbol of all struggles against social injustice."

and

Medha Patkar Said "If the vast majority of our population is to be fed and clothed, then a balanced vision with our own priorities in place of the Western models is a must. There is no other way but to redefine 'modernity' and the goals of development, to widen it to a sustainable, just society based on harmonious, non-exploitative relationships between human beings and between people and nature."

and still...that Dam Constriction Continues....Such is our government and the public that chooses the governments and then chooses to remain silent as long as it is not their houses that are being drowned...Great Democracy we live in.....