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NBA team meets Narayanan: PTI

"Narayanan promised that he will take all necessary legal advise to use his constitutional powers to save the tribal area from destruction," a NBA spokesperson told reporters in New Delhi.

She said that during the 45-minute meeting the delegation led by NBA leader Medha Patkar, asked the President to use his special powers under Schedule V of the Constitution.

The delegation also requested Narayanan and his wife Usha, who was present during the meeting, to visit the Narmada valley and see for themselves the ground reality.

Meanwhile, former chief justice of the Punjab and Haryana high court justice (retd) V S Tewatia, who presided over the one-day public hearing on the issue, said, "The Supreme Court judgement is not mandatory. The government may still decide not to raise the height of the dam as even without doing it Gujarat will have as much water as it will have after raising it," he said.

By not raising the height the government could avoid all inconveniences, he remarked.

In its interim report, the panel which held the public hearing, said, "The callous attitude towards rehabilitation is an indicator of the immoral nature of the project".

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