Dear Friends, We the undersigned are deeply concerned that the recent decision of the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) to raise the height of theSardar Sarovar dam by 16.76 metres taking the height to the designed final height of 138.68 metres is a hasty, unwise and disastrous decision. We think this decision of the NCA is unjustified and unwise. 1) It will cause huge additional displacement, when rehabilitation of the people affected even at the current height is incomplete. 2) As everybody agrees and experience has shown, even at current height, Gujarat is in a position to take the water stored to virtually any part of the designed command area, and can draw its share of water as per the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) award. Moreover issues related to the dam have festered over more than 30 years of its troubled history because governments have tended to take a legalistic stand rather than to initiate an inclusive dialogue on more subtantive issues such as 1. The necessary height of the dam, 2.Equitable distribution, sustainable use and participatory and efficient management of stored water 3. Status of displacement and rehabilitation and 4. Matters of Environment and Climate Change. Good governance entails making socially and environmentally just decisions within a deliberative democratic framework and it is the lack of this that has resulted in three decades history of conflict and polarisation around SSP. We earnestly appeal to you to sign this petition asking the government to withdraw the decision to raise the height of the dam and initiate a dialogue along the lines of four points raised in the full text of the online petition given in the link below. We also encourage you to share this petition as widely as possible. To: Sushri Uma Bharati, Honble Minister, MoWR, GoI Revoke the decision to increase the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam See full text of petition below avaaz.org/en/petition/Sushri_Uma_Bharati_Honourable_Minister_Ministry_of_Water_Resources_GoI_Revoke_the_decision_to_increase_the_height_of_the/?mLeUlib Yours Sincerely, A. C. Bhagabati, A. Latha, A. Vaidyanathan, Achyut Das, Amita Baviskar, Ashish Kothari, Bharat Patankar, Brij Gopal, Devaki Jain, Dinesh Abrol, Dunu Roy, Ghanshyam Shah, Himanshu Thakkar, Himanshu Upadhyaya, K. J. Joy, Kanchan Chopra, M K Prasad, Mamata Dash, Manoj Mishra, N. C. Narayanan, Nafisa Bharot, Persis Ginwalla, Prashant Bhushan, Rajeswari Sarala Raina, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Rohit Prajapati, S. Janakarajan, Sanjay Kak, Seema Kulkarni, Sharachchandra Lele, Shripad Dharmadhikary, Sudarshan Iyengar, Sudhirendar Sharma, Suhas Paranjape, V.N. Sharma, Vimalbhai, Viren Lobo.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:04:32 +0000
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