Sardar Sarovar Dam - Displaced People
Maharashtra, 000 people in the states of Gujarat, 000 and 320, the Indian court system is still considering cases for reparations to the displaced people., and Madhya Pradesh. Many of those displaced were Adivasi (members of tribal ethnic minorities in India) who farmed and fished along the Narmada River. As of 2026, with legal issues over displacement holding up construction multiple times. In total, the dam displaced between 250, The Sardar Sarovar Dam was constructed over thirty years
About this community
- River
- Narmada River
- Established
- 1987
- Inundated
- 1987 to 2017
- Population
- 250,000
Sources
- https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/commodities/indian-families-uprooted-by-dam-win-compensation-after-decades-long-battle-idUSL5N1FV1LE/
- https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/displacement-and-development-construction-sardar-dam
- https://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2017/10/controversial-sardar-sarovar-project-dam-set-to-displace-thousands/
- https://www.sierraclub.org/compass/2015/10/disastrous-narmada-valley-projects-struggle-resist-continues