1) What was Narmada Project? What is Narmada Bachao Andolan ?

And, what
Human Rights were violated by the Narmada Project?

The Narmada River traverses three of Indias north-western states:

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. In 1978, the Indian
government sought the World Banks assistance to build a complex of
dams along the river as part of the Narmada Valley Development Project
(Narmada Project). The Narmada Project included the creation of thirty
large dams, 135 medium dams, and 3,000 small dams. .
The government claimed that the Sardar Sarovar dam alone would irrigate
almost 1.8 million hectares of land in Gujarat and an additional 73,000
hectares in the dry neighboring state of Rajasthan. The benefits, however,
would come at a high cost, including the displacement of tens of
thousands of individuals and considerable environmental damage.
Despite these foreseeable consequences, and in the absence of
consultation with indigenous communities that would experience
the environmental impact and involuntary displacement, in 1985
the World Bank agreed to finance the Sardar Sarovar dam to the tune of
$450 million, approximately 10% of the total cost of the project. Thus not
only the Indian Government, but also an International Organisation, the
World Bank, was keen to complete the project, and so it granted the
required funds.

The Narmada Bachao Andolan Movement

[NBA]
Since the early 1980s, the Narmada Project has faced mounting opposition
from a variety of sources. Protest groups formed in all three affected states
and included or were supported by individuals facing displacement, students,
social activists, Indian environmental NGOs, international NGOs, and
transnational networks.

Under the leadership of the principal figure associated with the

movement, Medha Patkar, the NBA initially sought to verify the claims
regarding the benefits that would flow from the construction of the dams. In
the process, it focused on securing access to documents from the
government and the World Bank to ensure greater transparency.

Human Rights it violates

Human Rights Problem:

is all out to kill our right to land
The Narmada Projects costs have been both human and environmental
though the most important issue remains the displacement of the Narmada
basins inhabitants.The Narmada basin is almost 100,000 square kilometers
in size and is home to twenty-one million people. The Sardar Sarovar dams
impounding of water in a 455foothigh reservoir would ultimately submerge
37,000 hectares of land in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and MadhyaPradesh, and
divert 9.5 million acre feet of water into a canal and irrigation
system. According to unofficial estimates, the Sardar Sarovar dam alone has
displaced 320,000 people. Added to these human costs is the considerable
environmental damage to a valley that was once blossoming with plant and
animal life. The Indian government has not reported official statistics on the
number of displaced individuals, reflecting a level of disregard for the
seriousness of the problem that continues to date.