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    The document provides an overview of the Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River in India. It notes that the Narmada River is the fourth longest in India but the least dammed, with only 10% of its water utilized. The project will provide irrigation to 19 lakh hectares of land across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh as well as generate 1450 MW of hydroelectric power shared among the three states. Key features of the Sardar Sarovar Dam include that it will be the world's second largest concrete dam by volume and store a total of 7.7 million acre-feet of water.

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    The document provides an overview of the Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River in India. It notes that the Narmada River is the fourth longest in India but the least dammed, with only 10% of its water utilized. The project will provide irrigation to 19 lakh hectares of land across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh as well as generate 1450 MW of hydroelectric power shared among the three states. Key features of the Sardar Sarovar Dam include that it will be the world's second largest concrete dam by volume and store a total of 7.7 million acre-feet of water.

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    The Sardar Sarovar Project

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    The document provides an overview of the Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada River in India. It notes that the Narmada River is the fourth longest in India but the least dammed, with only 10% of its water utilized. The project will provide irrigation to 19 lakh hectares of land across Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh as well as generate 1450 MW of hydroelectric power shared among the three states. Key features of the Sardar Sarovar Dam include that it will be the world's second largest concrete dam by volume and store a total of 7.7 million acre-feet of water.

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    The Sardar Sarovar Project

    an overview

    LONG FLOWS THE NARMADA…..


    -FOURTH LONGEST RIVER OF INDIA
    -1300 KMS IN LENGTH
    -88000 Sq. km OF CATCHMENT
    -CARRYING MORE WATER THANBEAS SUTLEJ AND RAVI RIVERS
    -YET THE LEAST DAMMED RIVER,ONLY 10% UTILISED
     Narmada Water To Be Available All Over The State (135 Towns And 8215 Villages).
     1450 Mw Of Clean Hydro-power To Be Shared By Three States Of Madhya Pradesh,
    Maharashtra And Gujarat

    DAMMING NARMADA

    CONCEIVED 1946
    FOUNDATION 1962
    REFERRED TO TRIBUNAL 1969
    AWARD 1979
    CONST. STARTED 1985
    SUPREME COURT STAY 1995
    JUDGEMENT 2000
    RESUMED 2000
    100 METERS 2003

    THE AWARD HEIGHT OF THE DAM


    TO ENABLE GUJARAT TO HARNESS ITS SHARE OF WATER THE AWARD PERMITED A HEIGHT OF 455
    Ft. (138 Mt.) AS AGAINST GUJARAT’S REQUEST FOR 530 Ft. ( 173.7 Mtr.)

    SHARING SARDAR SAROVAR BENEFITS


    IRRIGATION (19 lakh HECTARES) POWER (1450 MW)
    GUJARAT 95% MADHYA PRADESH 57%
    RAJASTHAN 5% MAHARASTRA 27%
    GUJARAT 16%

    THE DAM - SALIENT FEATURES


    • THE WORLDS SECOND LARGEST CONCRETE DAM (BY VOLUME)
    • 1.2 KM LONG
    • 163 Mt. FROM FOUNDATION
    • 138 Mt. FROM MSL
    • POWER GENERATION AT 110 Mt. MSL
    • GATES START AT 121Mt. MSL
    • STORAGE CAPACITY
    – TOTAL 7.7 MAF
    – LIVE 4.73 MAF

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