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... Narmada Valley Project . This scheme in- volves the building of thirty major dams and will itself drown some 150,000 acres of forest , including 35,000 acres of teak for- est . Indeed , the report goes on to note , if the intangible ...
... Narmada Valley Project . This scheme in- volves the building of thirty major dams and will itself drown some 150,000 acres of forest , including 35,000 acres of teak for- est . Indeed , the report goes on to note , if the intangible ...
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... Narmada Valley Project : Characteristically , there is no plan to relocate the wildlife [ in the threatened area ] . When we asked officials about this , they stated that there would be " natural relocation " —that is to say , the ani ...
... Narmada Valley Project : Characteristically , there is no plan to relocate the wildlife [ in the threatened area ] . When we asked officials about this , they stated that there would be " natural relocation " —that is to say , the ani ...
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... Narmada India G 155 6100 Saunders- 1958 St. Lawrence Canada / G 47 826 F. D. Roosevelt USA Sayano - Shushensk 1980 Yenisei USSR A / G 245 9075 Seto 1978 Setodani Japan Sima 1980 Bjoreia Norway Shasta 1945 Sacramento USA Shintoyone 1973 ...
... Narmada India G 155 6100 Saunders- 1958 St. Lawrence Canada / G 47 826 F. D. Roosevelt USA Sayano - Shushensk 1980 Yenisei USSR A / G 245 9075 Seto 1978 Setodani Japan Sima 1980 Bjoreia Norway Shasta 1945 Sacramento USA Shintoyone 1973 ...
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Problems of Resettlement | 17 |
Management and MaintenancePerennial Problems | 163 |
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