Narmada Bachao Andolan is a single issue based environmentalist movement. It started with the specific issue of the people displaced
by the creation of Sardar Sarovar
dam on the Narmada river. Its objective
was to stop the dam from being
constructed.
Sometimes political parties grow out
of movements. For example, when the
Assam movement led by students against
the ‘foreigners’ came to an end, it led to
the formation of the Asom Gana
Parishad. The Women's Movement was also specific issue based movement focussed on empowerment of women and securing rights of the women nationwide. Fertilisere of pressure group.
These
organisations are formed when people
with common occupation, interest,
aspirations or opinions come together
in order to achieve a common objective.