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The World Bank-supported Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river will temporarily submerge a number of villages and probably even claim its first human victims this season. (It has already helped destroy millions of trees.) The World Bank approves of the Government's desperate move to flush out the tribals who refuse to quit the project area. The threatened people have decided to drown in the swirling waters this monsoon rather than budge in the face of non-existent official rehabilitation plans. (DSE/DÜI)

The Indian government has recently given its approval to the Narmada Valley Project, a massive water development scheme, to be funded by the World Bank, which will uproot over 1 mio. people and cause the most terrible environmental destruction. The project cannot be justified on social, environmental or ecological grounds. It will however, bring substantial financial rewards to the local elites, whose support Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi badly needs if he is to stay in power. (DSE/DÜI)