Narmada Samachar: 13 August 2001

Headlines

• State of Resettlement in the SSP
• Supreme Court contempt case
• Other SSP news
• Water harvesting, drought, and related issues

All this (and more) news can be accessed via the Press Clippings page at:
     http://www.narmada.org/pressclippings.html
The NBA press releases are accessible at:
     http://www.narmada.org/pressrelease.html

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State of Resettlement in the SSP

Press Releases

Oustees in Maharashtra seize Govt. office in Taloda in protest
against abysmal resettlement; Demand to Implement Daud Committee Report ;
NCA Officials Admit failure in Rehabilitation;
Agreed to Hold Public Hearing in the Valley ;

Government of Maharashtra appoints Committee to Review Benefits ;

Press Clippings

U.N. official calls for halt to Narmada dam work ;
One more indictment ;
Panel flays poor rehabilitation of Sarovar dam oustees ;
Involve NBA in rehabilitation of dam oustees: report ;
Oustees not yet resettled properly ;
NBA activists undertake relay fasting ;

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Supreme Court contempt case

There are a number of news clippings pretty much about the same thing in many newspapers. Please visit the press clippings page of the narmada website for the other clippings. Included below are a few clippings related to the contempt case.

BBC Radio Interview with Arundhati Roy about the Supreme Court case ;
Rushdie backs Medha, Roy ;
Rushdie backs NBA activists ;
A Foolish Dam and a Writer's Freedom ;
Vyas demands action against Medha, Roy ;
Is the Supreme Court a Hindu widow? ;
Medha, Arundhati dare SC to proceed against them ;
Patkar, Roy dare SC to jail them for contempt ;
SC hearings now open to public ;
SC takes exception to Arundhati Roy's affidavit ;

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Other SSP news

Concern over denial of visas to NBA's supporters ;
Regional divisions emerge over Narmada water issue ;

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Water harvesting, drought, and related issues

'I have a dream to make all the villages in Rajasthan drought-proof' ;
I was called a dacoit, terrorist and fraud ;
Water man calls for corporate funding ;
For Alwar villagers, it was a long, hard fight ;
Mud check dams solved Alwar's water problem ;
Community in conservation ;
Gujarat warned of impending rains ;
Poor rains not the only cause of water scarcity ;
Monsoons bring solace to parched lands ;
Dangs has dams aplenty, no water ;