Interestingly only on Aug 18, villagers had organized a large gathering (Maha Panchayat) in Ghudasi village against raising of Surwal dam’s height from 11 to 15 feet without consultation and compensation. The villagers stated that increasing of the dam’s height has been submerging farmlands of dozens of upstream villages. They demanded reducing dam’s height back to 11 feet. They warned if the demand is not met, they would intensify the protest.| SANDRP
National Register of Large Dams should have listed such a dam, but there is no dam by the name of Tonga dam (neither in NRLD 2019, nor in in 2023 edition), nor does NRLD list any MP dam commissione…| SANDRP
Similar to we wrote on Sept 1 2024[i], but possibly with even greater flood prospects and urgency, the situation in Narmada River Basin is once again moving towards a massive avoidable flood disast…| SANDRP