mention one reason of discontentment among the people who have been displaced by building dams

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The people who have been displaced by building dams had major discontentment over rehabilitation issues. Also, many villages were exposed to dangers of frequent landslides due to constant erosion of area by reservoir water of Tehri dam.

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Column I	Column II
(i) Privatisation of hospitals	(a) Inequality on the basis of caste and gender
(ii) Dalit girl	(b) Displacement of people
(iii) Dam building	(c) Unaffordable for poor people

Millions of people depend on dams to provide the right amount of water in the right place at the right time, then why building a large dam makes geological damage?

Q. Dams protect people from floods and also provide electricity. However, they also cause several people to lose their lands and homes because of the rise in the level of water behind the dam. Is building a dam desirable or dangerous? Find yourself.

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