1.India has completed construction of a controversial dam on the Narmada river, nearly two decades after it launched the project.The Sardar Sarovar dam will supply drinking water to millions of people in four states, as well as fulfilling irrigation and power needs. the project has displaced at least 35,000 people who lived in the dam area. Work began on the 1,250m-long and 122m-high dam in 1987.Last year, the Supreme Court refused to stop the height of the dam from being raised, as demanded by campaigners. Activists of the Save Narmada Movement, who have been leading the protests, say the state governments have failed to provide adequate relief and compensation to those displaced by the dam.
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