- Sardar Sarover Dam
The plan for harnessing the river for irrigation and power generation in the narmada river.
- Initiated in 1946
- Sardar Sarover Dam is built on narmada river kevadiya near navagham in Gujarat india.
- Narmada river largest lined irrigation canal in the world.
- It is about 458km
- long up to Gujarat - Rajasthan border
- it has capacity to flow 1133 cumes
(40,000 cusec )
- Main Dam - 1,210 m long, 163 m high from the deepest foundation level
- Designed Live Storage Capacity of the Reservoir 5860 MCM
- Drinking Water - 9490 villages and 173 towns (30 million people)
Four indian states Gujarat, Madhyapradesh, Maharashtra,
Rajasthan receive water and power Supply from dam.
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| Sardar Sarover dam |
The foundation stone of the project
Was laid out by Jawaharlal nehru 5 April 1961.
2000-2001 the project was revived but lower hight of 110 meters under
Direction of SC, which was increased in 2006 to 121.92 meters and 138.98 in 2017
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| Thanks |
Sardar Sarover dam Gujarat.