Narmada Dam protestors should see how China deals with dissidents

[echarcha]

This is how the Medha Patkars and Arundhati Roys of China are dealt with.

Its time these so called NGOs open their eyes to the reality and stop using their pinko Commie idealism to block every move to improve infrastructure and generate electricity.

Daily Torture; China's Brutal Crackdown on Dissidents

Link:
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/inte...423551,00.html

[sgars]

The sardar sarovar dam was inaugurated by PM Modi on his birthday today.

This dam was being discussed and agitated against 30 years back. I didnt know it was not completed till today.

And not surprised. Sarkaari projects which also face agitation take ages.

In this time China built the largest dam and Hydel Power plant at 3 Gorges. Probably that is what the now dead link of Sutradharji referred to.

Circle back to Mid 1989. In our hostel wing, one guy asks me to join in a discussion on Narmada Project. I ask him if it is for or against. His response "How can any intellectual every support this project". Apparently, the guy was in touch with some NBA folks and wanted to read out their side of the story. He was telling about police atrocities and was actually disappointed that while the NBA walas expected bashing up by Cong, they were also bashed up at a couple of places by BJP workers "We complained to LK Advani about it" he said.

In this bunch of 8 hostel neighbors only one more guy besides me was supporting the project, both Wannabe Civil Engineers