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Medha Patkar (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian Social activist working on 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.
Jul 5, 2024 · 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.
A Delhi court on Monday sentenced renowned social activist Medha Patkar to five months of imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case filed by the then president of the non-profit organisation...
Jul 1, 2024 · A Delhi court on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months imprisonment in a 23-year-old criminal defamation case filed by Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena. Patkar was also directed to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to Saxena.
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.
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.
Jul 1, 2024 · A Delhi court on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar, known for Narmada Bachao Andolan, for five months in an over two-decade-old criminal defamation case lodged against her by Lieutenant ...
Jul 1, 2024 · A Delhi court sentenced Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar to five months of simple imprisonment and ordered her to pay Rs 10 lakh in a defamation case filed by V K Saxena, now Delhi's ...
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.
Jun 18, 2024 · In 1985, after hearing about the Sardar Sarovar dam, Medha Patkar and her colleagues visited the project site and noticed that project work being checked due to an order by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India.
