Medha Patkar is an Indian social activist. She is known for her role in Narmada Bachao Andolan

Narmada Bachao Andolan

Narmada Bachao Andolan is social movement consisting of tribal people, adivasis, farmers, environmentalists and human rights activists against the Sardar Sarovar Dam being built across the Narmada river, Gujarat, India....

. She has also filed a public interest petition in the Bombay high court against Lavasa

Lavasa

Lavasa is a private, planned city being built near Pune.A or project being developed by HCC, this as-yet-incomplete city has been controversial for multiple reasons including procurement of land, harm to the environment, and loans acquired through political corruption.In late 2010 the Indian...

 along with other members of National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM), including Anna Hazare

Anna Hazare

Kisan Baburao Hazare , popularly known as Anna Hazare is an Indian social activist and a prominent leader in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi...

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Medha Patkar was born in Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 to Indu and Vasant Khanolkar, a trade union leader and freedom fighter. She was raised by politically and socially active parents.