dam-l LS: Medha recognized in Earth Day issue of Time

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from http://www.time.com/time/reports/earthday2000/heroes_fl.html

Medha is one of 5 'activist heroes' recognized in the Earth Day 2000 
issue of Time Magazine:

    It was a planner's dream: dams to harness central India's Narmada River.
    But Medha Patkar, a young, largely self-taught activist, was appalled by
    the price: huge amounts of land swamped, half a million villagers
    displaced and a lush river basin ruined. Leading hunger strikes, enduring
    beatings and vowing to drown herself in a flooded area, she got the World
    Bank to withdraw support of the key Sardar Sarovar dam and scared off
    investors from a second major dam. But the Indian government persists
    with the project, and Patkar fights on.

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