Medha Patkar is an outstanding social
activist of India. She was conceived on first December in the year 1954.
Preceding turning into a social reformer, she finished her M.A. in Social Work
from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).She left Ph. D. in the middle and
got effectively engaged with the fomentations led by tribals and workers of
Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. This cleared path for the arrangement
of the association named Narmada Bachao Andolan. Indeed, in this article, we
will give you the history of Medha Patkar, who has contributed a great deal in
improving the living states of individuals.
On 28th March, 2006, Medha went on an
appetite strike, in dissent of the choice taken by the specialists, to build
the tallness of the Narmada dam. The strike proceeded for an extensive stretch
of 20 days lastly reached an end on April 17, 2006. The Supreme Court dismissed
the supplication of Narmada Bachao Andolan to stop the development of the dam.
On December 2, 2006, Medha was captured by the police at Singur in West Bengal,
for her dynamic contribution in the challenge against getting the hold of
farmland. She was kept, on the grounds that the cops felt that, she may incite
individuals, in this manner prompting peace issue. The Madhya Pradesh Government
alleged the Narmada Bachao Andolan of receiving foreign funds and using them
for unclear purposes. They claimed that, the money that was obtained was being
used by the organization to hamper the rehabilitation process. In 1996 Patkar
founded the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), an agglomeration of
progressive social bodies opposed to globalization policies. She was a
representative to the World Commission on Dams, the first independent global
advisory body on dam-related issues of water, power, and alternatives; the
commission was set up in 1998 and in 2000 issued its influential final report,
which contained recommendations on improving development outcomes. Patkar also
worked with local communities to develop alternatives for energy generation,
water harvesting, and education, and she created a system of residential and
day schools in villages of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. She was
recognized internationally for her work.
The background to Patkar’s
activism took place during the 1960s and early ’70s, when the Indian government
was promoting dam building as a route to modernization. The harnessing of river
water was to provide water for drinking and irrigation and for generating
electricity in impoverished areas. It would also, however, displace hundreds of
thousands of people. In 1979 the NVDP—which proposed the construction of
thousands of dams on the Narmada and its tributaries—was granted approval. In
1985 Patkar visited villages in the Narmada valley that were to be submerged
after the completion of the Sardar Sarovar Dam in southeastern Gujarat, one of
the largest of the planned projects. There she became aware of indifference
exhibited by local government officials toward the people affected by the
project. The NBA’s major aim was to provide project information and legal
representation to the concerned residents of the Narmada valley.
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