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Sardar Superstar
India dam project still hot issue after more than 20 years |
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09 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Sardar Superstar India dam project still hot issue after more than 20 years For citizens of India, debate over dams is soap-operatic. Take the saga of the country's still-unfinished Sardar Sarovar dam. It has everything: protests, riots, hunger strikes, and long, protracted court battles. Proponents of the $7.7 billion dam on the Narmada River claim that, when completed, it will produce megawatts upon megawatts of m ... |
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| Topics: dams, energy, hydropower, India, news (all these topics) |
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