Some 50 million poor displaced by India's dams in the last 50 or

[HysteryDiagnosis]

so years... people with no where to go... losing their means of sustenance... forced to go to the cities and beg, borrow or steal in order to survive.

http://www.narmada.org/
The construction of large dams on the River Narmada in central India and its impact on millions of people living in the river valley has become one of the most important social issues in contemporary India. Through this website, we the friends of the Narmada valley and its people hope to present the perspective of grassroots people's organisations on the issue. Read an introduction to the issue.


http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/07/0243221
>>On Sunday, 5000 women from 157 countries came together to march in Washington, DC against increasing violence and poverty worldwide. They marched in front of the World Bank and IMF offices in Washington DC. In New York on Tuesday the women also marched, ending their march with a presentation before the United Nations voicing their concerns against the corporations and institutions that are attempting to put them on the streets.

Now today, in the Indian state of Gujrat, the government has declared a holiday. Why you may ask, and what does this have to do with globalization?

Well yesterday, the New Delhi Supreme Court gave the go-ahead for completing the highly controversial Sardar Sarovar dam project while rejecting the writ petitions filed by anti-dam activists and others.<<

http://www.irn.org/
A recent United Nations symposium on "sustainable hydropower" in Beijing was so biased toward hydropower proponents that the meeting was more like an industry workshop than a true exchange of ideas as promoted by the World Commission on Dams. NGO perspectives and submissions were largely sidelined. Read more...

[illflem]

1. Don't know the case in India

but with most other large hydroelectric projects come with an irrigation project that in the end creates much more arable land that can support more population than what was there before. The transition can be tough though.