The Sardar Sarovar Project

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