Long Marches - Satyagrahas - 1
Narmada Dam Project - West India
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Narmada dam activists organised many long marches, also called 'satyagrahas'. This is a Gandhian expression what means 'truth force'. It is about non-violent resistance.
2007 - Chimalkhedi
Satyagraha at Chimalkhedi village in the West Indian State Maharashtra, September 2007.
2001 - Maharashtra
Satyagraha at Kothi and Domkhedi village in Maharashtra, July 2001.
The government of Maharashtra claimed that at this stage of filling the reservoir only 65 families had to be resettled. But activist Dadlya Karbhari
gave the District Collector (highest official) Aseem Gupta a list of over 1000 families not yet resettled until now.
The water approaches the satyagraha huts in Domkhedi.
The gathering at the inauguration of the actions.
Activist Bava Muvariya from Jalsindhi.
On July 19 a hundred police were made to retreat by the people at Domkhedi.
Activist Dedlibai from Domkhedi: "We women are out in front because we know what
we are going to loose. We fought till today and always will. Our men are not far behind either. We all fight together"2001 - Madhya Pradesh
April 2001 villagers and social activists of several organisations made a long march in the Central Indian State Madhya Pradesh, in the valley near the Narmada dam. They visited more than 40 villages to inform the people about their rights. In fact such a long march, named a 'Parikrama', is an old tradition in which people living on the banks of the Narmada river visit each other.
The Parikrama started April 4th at Balgaon and ended on April 10th at Indore.
The satyagraha begins with offerings to the Goddess Narmada.
At the village Pipri: "My lifetime is over. What can I give my grandchild? Only this humble earth." 
Rally passes through the village Kari. 
Jagdish Bhai sings the Nimadi folk songs of protest at the village Nimboli. "This is a struggle for equity. A struggle from village to
village for reconstruction, regeneration and revival of people's resources and autonomy."
Marching through the streets of the town Mhow.
Displaced adivasis at Mhow. Go to: overview photo series resistance Narmada Dams
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