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    The Sardar Sarovar Dam is located on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. Construction began in 1961 but faced delays and controversies. The dam is 163 meters tall and provides irrigation, drinking water, flood protection and hydroelectric power. However, its construction displaced many people and damaged the environment, leading to protests by the Narmada Bachao Andolan movement. The dam was completed in 2017 after addressing some concerns raised by the movement and Supreme Court of India.

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    The Sardar Sarovar Dam is located on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. Construction began in 1961 but faced delays and controversies. The dam is 163 meters tall and provides irrigation, drinking water, flood protection and hydroelectric power. However, its construction displaced many people and damaged the environment, leading to protests by the Narmada Bachao Andolan movement. The dam was completed in 2017 after addressing some concerns raised by the movement and Supreme Court of India.

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    The Sardar Sarovar Dam is located on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. Construction began in 1961 but faced delays and controversies. The dam is 163 meters tall and provides irrigation, drinking water, flood protection and hydroelectric power. However, its construction displaced many people and damaged the environment, leading to protests by the Narmada Bachao Andolan movement. The dam was completed in 2017 after addressing some concerns raised by the movement and Supreme Court of India.

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    The Sardar Sarovar Dam is located on the Narmada River in Gujarat, India. Construction began in 1961 but faced delays and controversies. The dam is 163 meters tall and provides irrigation, drinking water, flood protection and hydroelectric power. However, its construction displaced many people and damaged the environment, leading to protests by the Narmada Bachao Andolan movement. The dam was completed in 2017 after addressing some concerns raised by the movement and Supreme Court of India.

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    GEOGRAPHY
    S A R D A R S A R O V A R D A M
    INTRODUCTION

    CLASS - 10
    DIV - D
    GROUP - 2
    TOPIC - Sardar Sarovar Dam

    TEACHER'S NAME - Megha Miss


    INFO

    SARDAR
    SAROVAR
    DAM
    In 1961, India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
    INFORMATION laid the foundation of the project on 5 April, 1961. The
    project took form in 1979 as part of a development
    scheme funded by the World Bank through their
    International Bank for Reconstruction and
    Development, to increase irrigation and produce
    hydroelectricity, using a loan of US$200 million (20
    crores). The construction for dam begun in 1987, but
    the project was stalled by the Supreme Court of India
    in 1995 in the backdrop of Narmada Bachao Andolan
    over concerns of displacement of people. In 2000–01
    the project was revived but with a lower height of 111
    meters under directions from SC, which was later
    increased in 2006 to 123 meters and 139 meters in
    2017. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is 1210 meters long. The
    dam was inaugurated in 2017 by Prime Minister
    Narendra Modi.
    INFORMATION
    LOCATED :

    Built on the Narmada River in


    Navagam near the town of
    Kevadiya, Narmada District, in
    the state of Gujarat, India.
    FEATURES
    Length of main concrete
    1 1210.00 m
    gravity dam

    Maximum height above


    2 163.00 m
    deepest foundation level

    Catchments area of river


    3 88,000 Sq. km
    above dam site

    4 Live storage capacity (4.75 MAF)

    5 Length of reservoir 214.00 km

    6 Maximum width 16.10 km

    87000 cumecs
    7 Spillway Capacity
    (30.70 lakh cusecs)
    HISTORY
    This project was envisioned by the first Home Minister of India,
    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Jawaharlal Nehru laid the
    foundation stone of this project in 1961. A thorough survey was
    carried out by his government to study the usage of the
    Narmada River which flows through states of Madhya Pradesh
    and Gujarat to the Arabian Sea
    As the river was shared between the three states (Gujarat,
    Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh) there were disputes
    regarding sharing of water and other important resources. As
    the negotiations were not successful a report was created and
    the Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal (NWDT) was
    established in 1969. In 1979 the NWDT gave its verdict after
    assessing all the reports.
    GEOGRAPHY
    The dam is located in Gujarat's Narmada district and Kevadia
    village, on the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra. To the west of
    the dam, is Madhya Pradesh's Malwa plateau, where the
    Narmada river dissects the hills tracts and culminates in the
    Mathwar hills.
    01

    The dam is 1,210 meters long and stands 163 meters tall. The
    Sardar Sarovar reservoir has a gross capacity of 0.95 million
    hectares meter and live storage capacity of 0.586 million hectares
    meter. It occupies an area of 37,000ha with an average length of
    214 km and width of 1.7 km
    IMPORTANCE
    WATER SUPPLY :
    The dam provides drinking water to 9490 villages and 173 urban
    centers in Gujarat; and 1336 villages & 3 towns in Rajasthan.The dam
    also provides flood protection to riverine reaches measuring 30,000h
    (74,000 acres) covering 210 villages and Bharuch city and a population of
    400,000 in Gujarat.

    SOLAR POWER GENERATION :


    In 2011, the government of Gujarat announced plans to generate solar
    power by placing solar panels over the canal, making it beneficial for the
    surrounding Villages to get power and also helping to reduce the
    evaporation of water. The first phase consists of placing panels along a
    25 km length of the canal, with a capacity for up to, 25 MW of power
    TOURISM

    At the meeting point of Rivers Kabirwad rests on an island


    right at the centre of river This sanctuary harbours
    Saraswati, Narmada and
    Narmada in Gujarat. The place maximum population of sloth
    Orsang in Dabhoi taluka,
    stands the city of temples, is named after Saint Kabir who bears in the entire state, which is
    Chandod. Renowned as a holy has lived in the area for years. the star attraction in the wilds of
    site, a dip here is considered to The place is not only known for Ratanmahals. The sanctuary falls
    be very sacred. Located historic reasons. It has a huge in the Dahod district of Central
    around 55 km from Vadodara, Banyan tree that has spread Gujarat and is located very close
    Chandod is home to the about 3 km over the years. It to the tribal towns, Baria of
    temples of Kashi Vishwanath also has a Kabir Temple which Dahod district and Chhota
    and Mahadev. is also why visitors flock to this Udepur of Vadodara district.
    place.
    NARMADA BACHAO ANDOLAN
    Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is an Indian social movement
    spearheaded by native tribals (adivasis), farmers, environmentalists and
    human rights activists against a number of large dam projects across the
    Narmada River, which flows through the states of Gujarat, Madhya
    Pradesh
    01 and Maharashtra. Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is one of the
    biggest dams on the river and was one of the first focal points of the
    movement. It is part of the Narmada Dam Project, whose main aim is to
    provide irrigation and electricity to people of the above states.
    The mode of campaign under NBA includes court actions, hunger strikes,
    rallies and gathering support from notable film and art personalities. The
    NBA, with its leading spokespersons Medha Patkar and Baba Amte.
    CONCLUSION
    It can be concluded that the Sardar Sarovar Dam project was
    built with the hope of providing better Electric Supply and
    water supply to the dry states in the western part of the
    country. India been predominantly dependent upon agriculture
    at the beginning of the 20th century, this construction would
    have helped the country meet the Rapid demand in agriculture.
    However, the building of the Dam was marred in several
    controversies with the start of the Narmada Bachao Andolan,
    followed by their involvement in the Supreme Court. The
    environmentalists accused the Government of negligence of
    how the dam may impact the biodiversity of the area and
    cause mass displacement of the people.
    Thank You !!

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