Human rights violations listed by NBA
January 30, 1989: Official Secrets Act imposed on 10 villages around the dam site; 18 protesting activists and 500 villagers arrested.
February 22: Medha Patkar and 8,000 others arrested near dam site.
May 18, 1990: Armed police beat up people in 17 Madhya Pradesh villages that would be the first in the state to be submerged.
December: The first anniversary of the Harsud convention sees police repression in the Khargone, Dhar and Jhabua districts of Madhya Pradesh. Hundreds of people arrested and roads blocked to prevent the movement of protestors.
August 20, 1991: Kasarvad, MP. People protesting construction of bridge baton-charged and 90 arrested.
November 17: Patkar arrested by Maharashtra police but freed after nationwide protests.
March 26, 1992: Manibeli villagers attacked by police and pro-dam activists. 300 arrested.
April 4: Maharashtra police baton-charge in Manibeli injuring 33; 69 arrested.
Monsoon: One woman killed in police firing in Kalibel village in Gujarat.
October: MP officials intimidate villagers at "information camps" where false lists of villagers willing to resettle were made.
January 30, 1993: Firing in Anjanwada, MP. Police target supporters of the Khedut Mazdoor Chetna Sangh, an NGO working in support of NBA. CBI inquiry ordered.
April 4: Tribal woman raped in Antras, Gujarat.