Medha Patkar says, "Sardar Sarovar Dam rehabilitation is a failure", in Gujarat

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Social activist Medha Patkar in an interview speaks against the Sardar Sarovar Dam Project and goes down to technicalities of mismanagement in the project. She speaks on the policies of the Gujarat state government on this project. The research and the estimated cost of the project is briefly covered in this interview. She also talks of the water and land management, the cost and the impact on the environment. Also how it has affected the rural agricultural population in and around the project. She also cites examples of other dams in the country and how the urban populace has profited at the loss of environment and the livelihood of poorer sections of the society. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imag