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Rise of Popular Movements — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPolitical ScienceRise of Popular Movements5 Marks
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Study the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
Sardar Sarovar Project is a multipurpose mega-scale dam. It required relocation of around two and a half lakh people from the villages. Issues of relocation and proper rehabilitation of the project-affected people were first raised by the local activist groups. It was around 1988–89 that the issues crystallised under the banner of the NBA a loose collective of local voluntary organisations.
  1. Why is the Sardar Sarovar Project mentioned as multipurpose mega-scale dam?
  2. Why was it opposed by the villagers?
  3. Name the organisations which led the movement against this project.
  4. What was the main demand of the local activist groups?
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Answer

  1. The thing about multipurpose dams like the Sardar Sarovar is that their “purposes” are not mentioned in the water-sharing award as recipients of drinking water these events has taken the issues from a local level to a more national scale.
  2. The most controversial dam was the Sardar Sarovar Project in the state of Gujarat against paying taxes and denied government officials entry into villages.
  3. Green organisations in the US.
  4. The largest of the dams under construction is the Sardar sarover, which, if completed, Soon, these groups came together to from the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), or, the NBA is people’s movement formed from local people’s movements in With activist Medha Patkar to lead them, the Narmada Bacho Andolan.

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