When PM Modi calls people forcibly displaced by 'development' projects and who are fighting for their own survival, 'urban Naxals', he not only demeans people's struggles but also ignores government actors who actually delayed the project.
Revisiting the Kevadia Colony Struggle That Challenged the Gujarat Model
While the nation is becoming more aware of the ills of what has now been infamously dubbed as the Gujarat Model , the Adivasis of Kevadia village in Gujarat have seen it all and have successfully built a resistance movement.
Late Kapilaben Tadvi (left) leading the rally of Kevadia Colony oustees demanding just rehabilitation. Photo: Author provided.
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Prabhubhai Tadvi, a senior leader of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) passed away on April 28, 2021. An Adivasi himself, Prabhubhaiâs village Vaghadia was one of the six villages, lands of which were acquired for the building of Kevadia Colony, the project colony of one of the largest dams in the world on River Narmada, called the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP).