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SC directs Centre, Guj, NBA to file reports on rehab
New
Delhi,
Apr
10:
The
Supreme
Court
today
directed
the
Centre,
the
Madhya
Pradesh
and
Gujarat
governments
and
the
Narmada
Bachao
Andolan
(NBA)
to
file
status
reports
regarding
the
implementation
of
relief
and
rehabilitation
measures
for
the
people
displaced
due
to
the
construction
of
the
Sardar
Sarovar
Project.
A
bench
comprising
Chief
Justice
K
G
Balakrishnan,
Justice
SB
Sinha
and
Justice
S
H
Kapadia
directed
all
the
parties
concerned
to
file
the
reports
by
April
23,
the
next
date
of
hearing.
Earlier,
Madhya
Pradesh
submitted
before
the
court
that
almost
all
the
affected
families
in
the
submergence
zone
have
been
rehabilitated.
However,
the
counsel
for
NBA
submitted
that
the
government
has
violated
the
directives
of
this
court
and
the
height
of
the
dam
has
been
raised
to
141.9
metres
without
providing
alternative
sites
to
the
project-affected
families,
while
the
court
had
directed
that
all
the
displaced
families
must
be
rehabilitated
before
the
height
of
the
dam
is
raised.
After
hearing
all
the
parties,
the
apex
court
adjourned
the
hearing
till
April
23.
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