Multiple choice general knowledge

Who said this "Big dams are a brazen way of taking water, land and irrigation away from the poor and gifting it to the rich."

  1. Medha patkar

  2. Sunder lal bahuguna

  3. Arundhati roy

  4. Anand Patwardhan
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Explanation

Arundhati Roy, the Booker Prize-winning author and activist, made this powerful critique of big dams in her writings opposing the Narmada Dam project. She has been a vocal critic of large dams and their disproportionate impact on the poor. Medha Patkar led the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Sunderlal Bahuguna fought for the Chipko movement, and Anand Patwardhan is a documentary filmmaker.

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