Drowned Out

00:01:17 The forest is ours.

00:04:50 Luhariya and Bulgi Shankariya know that the house they share...

00:08:43 ...one need only look at the Narmada.

00:12:06 During this year's monsoon season, the reservoir will swell...

00:14:59 ...from the Shankariyas' home...

00:17:50 It's undrinkable.

00:20:02 Parvetta Resettlement site

00:23:02 Of course we feel like crying.

00:26:50 Because this fight isn't just your fight.

00:29:45 No.

00:32:43 ...the cameras will not be far behind.

00:36:22 Their first discovery was that when the government...

00:38:48 ...about thirty five feet.

00:41:50 But the immediate threat of submergence has receeded...

00:45:08 Every single living being has a right to life.

00:48:42 So are you giving cash or land?

00:51:40 ...they have to offer is the strength of their hands, they can lift bricks...

00:54:51 ...as the symbol of progress of 20th century India.

00:57:39 They didn't even ask.

01:00:07 ...for development, that development does not come up.

01:02:32 Indeed, there is a darker suspicion that those in power are pushing the Narmada project ahead...

01:05:27 Instead, local solutions to water problems should be developed.

01:08:12 So we welcome the decision.

01:10:36 ...and the river stops rising just six feet short of Luhariya's house.