Resettled by registered mail.(dam on Narmada River, India)

From: New Internationalist | Date: July 1, 2001 | Copyright information

Thousands of people are still living in the Sardar Sarovar submergence zone. According to the Government, they are no longer there. They have been resettled by registered mail. The adventure continues.

Last night in Badwani at the City Heart Hotel, Mahesh Patel came to see me. I was having vehicle problems. I hired a jeep in Indore, a great solid thing, but my driver does not like driving it on rough roads. He is a city driver. All roads which go anywhere I need to go are rough. Today we are going to Domkhedi, deep in the remote hills of the tribal belt. The road will be ...

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