Troubled waters
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07/12/2000
After a wave of anti-globalization protests, World Bank president James Wolfensohn might have expected a demonstration or two during his tour of bank projects in India last month. He wasn't disappointed.In Delhi, he came up against several thousand protesters camped outside the institution's sleek offices, waving placards and clenched fists, demanding a meeting with him. The lives of these poor farmers, fishermen and tribal people are being thrown into turmoil by the mega-dam project on the Narmada River for which the bank had provided initial loans.