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Examines the issue of development-related involuntary migration using the case of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), an interstate dam project on India's Narmada River. The SSP has been opposed by environmentalists, social activists, & scientists for a variety of reasons, including technical infeasibility & the mass displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, many from tribal villages. The specific populations affected & the resettlement plans in each of the three states involved (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh) are described. This discussion points to the minimal need for a uniform & legally binding resettlement & compensation policy that covers all affected persons. The wisdom of viewing such development projects as the solution to economic problems is questioned. Such projects favor international corporations & elites, ignore principles of socially sustainable development, & have human costs. 1 Table, 1 Map, 9 References. Adapted from the source document.

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