Narmada Dam Reprieve

2nd - 5th August Five people went on a hunger strike outside the lndian Embassy in London to help apply pressure to the Indian Government to review the Sarder Saroyer dam projects. They were able to call off the action as the Indian Government announced that it had conceded to the demands of the NBA (Save Narmada Movement). This announcement was just hours before the deadline given when Indian Activists and tribal people were to drown themselves as a self-sacrifice to show the strength of opposition among the 200,000 people who would be displaced if the dam was completed.

The British ODA has ignored its own guidelines, on the environment and local consultation, by continuing to fund the project. This Indian peoples' movement will need further support once the review is completed in two month's time.

For more details contact Narmada Action Committee (UK) c/o The Ecologist, Agriculture House, Bath Road, Sturminster Newton, Dorset DT10 1DU, tel. 0258 473 476.