I

ntr
oduct
ion:
Inyear1947whenIndi
abecamei
ndependent
,cent
ral
andpr
ovi
nci
algov
ernmentf
ocusedmor
eonal
lround
economicdevel
opment.

Thiscasetookplacei
nundivi
dedBombayprov
incewher
eaproposalwasworkedontoconst
ructdam acr
oss
ri
verlokmataandsadmata.Twoproposal
swerebei
ngmadewithrespectt
odi
ffer
entl
evel
sandheightofdam

Dat
a Pr
oposal
1 Pr
oposal
2

Capaci
tyofreser
voi
r(I
n 4700 5700
mil
li
oncu.f
t.
)

Costofconst
ruct
ion(
Rupees 1.
7 1.
9
i
ncrores)

ReducedLev
el(
RL) 601 611*

Hi
ghFl
oodLev
el(
HFL) 596 606

Ful
lsuppl
ylev
el(
FSL) 592 595

*
Dif
fer
encebet
weenRLandHFLshoul
dbemi
nimum 5m t
opr
ovi
def
reeboar
d.

Gov ernmentfacedopposit
ionf
rom vi
ll
agersduri
ngboththeproposalsbecauseofsubmergenceofbhavnat
h
templeduet oconstruct
ionofr
eserv
oir.Gover
nmentagreedtotakestepsbyconstruct
ingaweirandtoprevent
thattemplefrom anythr
eatunderpr
oposal1alsounderproposal2theythoughtofshi
fti
ngthetempl
ebutfaced
adamantopposi ti
on.

Evenaft
erstat
eofBombaybif
urcat
edi
nyear1960newl
yfor
medGuj
aratgov
ernmentf
acedsi
mil
aropposi
ti
on
whentheissuewasrai
sed.

Themini
sterconv
enedmeet
ingt
odi
scusst
hesamei
ssue.Theagendawas-Whatcour
seofact
ionhoul
d
gover
nmentadopt.

Obj
ect
ive:
Longt
erm obj
ect
ive:

 Topr
ovi
dei
rr
igat
ionf
aci
l
iti
es

 Soci
o-Economi
cdev
elopmentoft
hewhol
eregi
on.

Shor
tter
m obj
ect
ive:

 Const
ruct
ionofdam acr
ossabov
ement
ionedr
iver
s.

 Rel
ocat
ingofv
il
lageswhosel
andwi
l
lbei
mpoundedbyr
eser
voi
r.

Cr
it
eri
a:
 Tomaxi
mizet
hebenef
itobt
aint
hrought
hispr
oject
.
  Deci
dingact
ionpl
anwi
thouthi
nder
ingpeopl
e’
srel
i
giousbel
i
efs.

 Dev
elopi
ngot
herf
aci
l
iti
es(
Elect
ri
cit
ygener
ati
on,
dev
elopi
ngf
isher
yet
c.)

Const
rai
nt:
Sit
ewoul
dbeconsi
der
edasconst
rai
ntseei
ngopt
ionst
ochanget
hedam l
ocat
ionr
ear
ingopt
imum
r
esul
tsar
enotav
ail
abl
e.

Pr
obl
em:
 Thereducedlevel
,ful
lsuppl
ylev
elandhi
ghf
loodl
evel
aredeci
dedi
nawayt
hatbhav
nat
htempl
ewi
l
l
besubmer ged.

 Whet
hert
oconsi
derr
eli
giousbel
i
efsornotwhi
l
emaki
ngt
hedeci
sion.

Al
ter
nat
ives:
 St
artconst
ruct
ionwit
hlevel
sasproposedi
nplan1andonl
aterstageincr
easet
hehei
ghtoft
hedam
al
ongwithincr
easi
ngrespect
ivel
evel
,al
soshi
ftt
emplei
nsaf
el ocati
on.

 Togowi
th1stpr
oposal
asment
ionedi
nint
roduct
ion.

 Togowi
th2ndPr
oposal
andconst
ructabar
rage(
Gat
edwei
r)
.

 Togowi
th2ndpr
oposal
andi
ncr
easet
hesubst
ruct
ureandpl
i
nthoft
het
empl
e.

Ev
aluat
ionofal
ter
nat
ives:
 Al
ter
nat
ive(
I)al
ongwi
thsuppor
tfr
om r
eli
giousl
eader
swi
l
lhel
pinsol
vi
ngt
hewhol
eissue.

 Al
ter
nat
ive(
II
)ideal
opt
ionsi
ncei
tbal
ancesbot
heconomi
cal
dev
elopmentandpeopl
e’
sbel
i
ef.

 Rel
igi
oussenti
mentsofpeopl
ewil
lal
sobeconsi
der
edi
fwegowi
thAl
ter
nat
ive(
II
I)buti
ncaseof
hi
ghfloodl
ikesi
tuat
iont
hiswon’
twork.

 Al
ter
nat
ive(
IV)canbeappli
edi
fwehaveexper
ttechni
ciansandki
l
ledl
abor
swhocanconductt
he
whol
eproj
ectwit
houthar
mingthei
dol
.

Act
ionPl
an:
Toi
mpl
emental
ter
nat
ive(
I)andwhent
imear
ri
vest
akehel
pofr
eli
giousl
eaderassur
ethem t
hat
thetemplewil
lshi
ft
edbri
ckbybri
ckalsopresentbenef
itr
earedthr
ought
hispr
ojecti
nter
m ofi
rr
igat
ionf
aci
l
iti
es,
product
ivi
tyofl
and,si
ght
seei
ng,
elect
rici
tygener
ati
on,fi
sher
yetc.

Cont
ingencyPl
an:
Togoonwi
thal
ter
nat
ive(
II
)asi
tsat
isf
iesandbal
ancesal
laspect
sofdev
elopment
.