The Cost of Living Evaluation India is now ranked third in the dam-building industry. Arundhati Roy feels that by the government producing these numerous dams, it is destroying the people of India. The purpose of these dams is to better irrigation, power production, flood control, and mainly bring drinking water to millions of the Indian people. Along with these "benefits", however, come homeless, dying people. Building these dams creates less land for people and takes …showed first 75 words of 705 total…

…showed last 75 words of 705 total…the dam-building projects and the nuclear weapons) do they show any care for the working class. In The Greater Common Good essay, she says, "If you get invited by a government to write an EIA [Environmental Impact Assessments] for a big dam project and you point out a problem… you're history." (Roy p. 31) It is clear form this statement that the government has no concerns for the people's opinions and its only concern its image.