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#Thread: Thousands of families in MP fear submergence of their homes after the Centre has forced the filling up of the Sardar Sarovar Dam to its full capacity. The Centre was aware of families living in the submergence area. Some pictures to show the ground reality. 1/9
Since 2014, the Centre has claimed that all families in the submergence zone have been rehabilitated. However, a letter from the chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh to the Narmada Control Authority in May 2019 said that at least 6k families still live in the submergence area. 2/9
The Centre ignored this & approved the Gujarat govt’s request to fill the dam to test its capacity. As the dam started to fill up and flood villages, the MP govt set up camps to assess the no. of people awaiting rehabilitation while the local authorities evacuated the people. 3/9 
The local admin has provided temporary shelter and food to the people, saying that the state govt is responsible for rehabilitation. The incumbent Congress govt in MP, on the other hand, has alleged that the previous BJP govt had not sought necessary compensation funds. 4/9
The MP govt had promised INR 5.8 lakh as compensation to each family in August 2017, but many families are yet to receive the sum despite assurances. As a result, people like Ramesh Jadam (in picture) are unable to leave the area. 5/9
People allege that the Congress govt in MP, which had objected to the filling of the dam, has done nothing in eight months. Suresh Pradhan (in image) was told last month that he is not eligible for compensation as his house stands a few meters above the submergence level. 6/9
Of the 32,000 people who have been displaced by the dam, at least 73% are from MP. Fearing flooding and submergence, the families here live a life of uncertainty. People live in houses with markings that show water levels when the dam is filled to a certain extent. 7/9
Nisarpur village in MP has the highest number of dam-affected persons. Here, a shopkeeper gestures to the market where his shop lies submerged and covered in moss. #Narmada 8/9
The rehabilitation camps are “just for show”, says Vikram S. of Chhota Barda village. “They just want to fill up the water, so that we will be gone once and for all. Like getting rats out of a rathole.” Homes of fisherfolk in the village lie submerged. 9/9
Read here to know more about the #Narmada mess indiaspend.com/centre-fills-u…
