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‘GROW’ Vasu presented best social worker award
“The embodiment of undying sense of justice; a revolutionary who moved a society that had gone still, with a single act,” is how organising committee chairman Vijayaraghavan Cheliya described ...
The Hindu
6 days ago
Decode Politics: Why Mamata is up in arms over Modi-Hasina talks on Teesta water-sharing
The Teesta Treaty is a long-standing demand of Bangladesh for equitable distribution of Teesta water with India on the lines of the Ganga Water Treaty of 1996. Teesta is a 414 km-long river ...
Indian Express
4 days ago
Medha Patkar (née Khanolkar; born 1 December 1954) is an Indian activist working on political and social issues for tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS , a premier institute of social science research in India.
Medha Patkar. Medha Patkar has been at the forefront of the movement. She has organised several fasts and satyagrahas, and been to jail several times for the cause. Another popular figure was Baba Amte, known for his work against leprosy. He published a booklet called Cry O Beloved Narmada in 1989 to protest against the construction of the dam.
Feb 9, 2008 · Medha Patkar is an Indian activist and one of the initiators of The Save the Narmada Movement, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). The movement has mobilised people against huge dam projects since the late 1980s.
May 29, 2012 · Medha Patkar, Indian social activist known chiefly for her work with people displaced by the Narmada Valley Development Project (NVDP), a large-scale plan to dam the Narmada River and its tributaries in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.
Meet Medha Patkar. Medha Patkar mobilized massive marches and peaceful protests against the construction of India’s Sardar Sarovar Dam, which displaced thousands of tribal peoples and submerged vast stretches of forests and farmland.
मेधा पाटकर दिसम्बर १, १९५४ में जन्मीं थी। वे एक भारतीय सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता तथा सामाज सुधारक है। [1] वे भारतीय राजनीतिज्ञ भी है। मेधा ...
Nov 21, 2022 · BJP attacks Congress over Medha Patkar: What was the activist’s role in Narmada Bachao Andolan? The BJP, including PM Modi, have made jibes over Medha Patkar's participation in Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. While Patkar was once an AAP member, she has been targeted by BJP leaders earlier too.
May 24, 2024 · NEW DELHI: Medha Patkar, leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, was convicted by a Delhi court more than 23 years after a complaint was lodged against her in a defamation case by current Delhi...
Nov 27, 2022 · The NBA demanded proper rehabilitation of 40,000 people who, it said, were displaced by the dam project, particularly tribals across Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. NBA leader Medha Patkar addressing villagers of Dhaonkede in Maharashtra border on the issue of Narmada Project.
May 24, 2024 · NEW DELHI: Delhi court on Friday convicted Medha Patkar leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan leader in defamation case filed by Delhi LG VK Saxena. The verdict was delivered by Metropolitan Magistrate ...
