Prosperous Villages Don't Want Big Projects
photo-series Chhattisgarh, Jashpur District
article resistance against this big dam
The right one is Ageet Panna, hero of Beltoli village. He chased away the land surveyors.
The villages here have a small dam …
… which provides them with enough irrigation water for two crops a year.
So the area became prosperous.
The government wants to change this small dam …
… in a huge dam to make a big artificial lake for electricity production for an aluminum factory.
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