In which state did Narmada Bachao Andolan Start?

Gujarat

The correct answer is option (3) - Gujarat

Narmada Bachao Andolan was a movement was to save Narmada and opposed the construction of large dams and questioned the very nature of development. It was led by Medha Patkar. Narmada Bachao Andolan started in Gujarat.

Since its inception, the NBA linked its opposition to the Sardar Sarovar Project with larger issues concerning the nature of ongoing developmental projects, the efficacy of the model of development that the country followed and what constituted a public interest in a democracy. It demanded that there should be a cost-benefit analysis of the major developmental projects completed in the country so far. The movement argued that larger social costs of developmental projects must be calculated in such an analysis. The social included forced resettlement of the project-affected people, a serious loss of their means of livelihood and culture and depletion of ecological resources.