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List any four demands of the Narmada Bachao Andolan.

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Government took an amibitious development - project in Narmada Valley which was consisting of 30 big dams on Narmada River and its tributaries. However, a lot of villages were affected. Hence, a group of affected people started, ?Narmada Bachao Andolan? with following major demands:

(1) The Narmada Bachao Andolan demanded proper rehabilitation of all those who were affected from the construction of those projects.

(2) For construction of dams, those 245 villages were submerged with half a lakh population. The andolan demanded that the cost benefit analysis of dam construction Vs villagers, shifting and rehabilitation cost should be analysed.

(3) Larger social cost of development projects must be calculated and analysed. The social cost must include forced re-development of the projects affected people.

(4) The activists opposed die project through public rallies.

(5) The activists asked, m democracy -why some people made to sacrifice for the benefit of others?