<P> The World Bank began working on the Narmada Project after it got clearance from the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal . The bank sent a team for the assessment of the project in economic and technical terms . This team didn't focus on the social or environmental issues . What Jawaharlal Nehru thought of as temples of the independent India, i.e. the dams, have already displaced 11 million Indians . </P> <P> However, the Bank realised the harm that it had done by sanctioning the loan for the project and thus announced that the new projects should "ensure that, after a reasonable transition period, the displaced people regain at least their previous standard of living ." Despite this, the relocation process was flawed . Several tribal people have been harmed by the project . The Bank then adopted certain policies to ensure proper relocation of the tribal people and protect them from the forced relocation . The Indian government, however, did not adopt these policies . </P> <P> In 1985, irrespective of the harm done by the Sardar Sarovar project, the World bank sanctioned a loan to the state governments for construction purposes . The Bank did ask for a proper resettlement design but also said, "The argument in favour of the Sardar Sarovar Project is that the benefits are so large that they substantially outweigh the costs of the immediate human and environmental disruption ." </P> <P> Medha Patkar and other protesters testified on the Bank's role in Washington D.C in 1989 . This led to a build - up of pressure on the Bank to set an independent review to assess the situation at hand . A lot of support was withdrawn from the project after this . </P>

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