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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
May 24, 2024 · A Delhi court Friday convicted activist Medha Patkar in a defamation case filed against her in 2001 by now Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. In 2000, Saxena had published an advertisement against Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan, which opposed construction of dams over the Narmada river.
May 24, 2024 · A Delhi court on Friday convicted Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar in a defamation case lodged against her by V K Saxena, the incumbent lieutenant governor of the national capital. Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma found Patkar guilty of criminal defamation.
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 ...
A Delhi court on Friday convicted social activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar in a defamation case lodged against her by Delhi lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, PTI...
