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  In what ways do the Environmental Movement and Women's Movement differ from the Narmada Bachao Andolan?

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                  Narmada Bachao Andolan is a movement that started with the specific issue of the people displaced by the creation of Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada river. The objective of this movement was to stop the dam from being constructed. Later, this movement became a wider movement and questioned all such big dams and the models of their development. But the Environmental Movement and Women's Movement are long-term movements and involve more than one issue. The Environmental Movement is a label for a large number of organisations and issue-specific movements for different places. The Women's Movement in India has also taken different forms in different parts of the country. All these movements have separate organisations, independent leadership and often different views on policy-related matters.