PM To Launch Sardar Sarovar Dam, World's 2nd Biggest, On Birthday Today

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PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sardar Sarovar Dam today in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today launch the Sardar Sarovar dam - the world's second biggest - on the river Narmada in Gujarat, nearly six decades after its foundation stone was laid. The inauguration of the project - marred by protests and controversies - coincides with the PM's 67th birthday.

"Tomorrow Sardar Sarovar Dam will be dedicated to the nation. This project will benefit lakhs of farmers and help fulfil people's aspirations," PM Modi tweeted on Saturday. This morning, the Prime Minister met his mother Heeraben Modi at her home in Gandhinagar - as he does every year on his birthday- to see her blessings.
 

 

After inaugurating the dam at Kevadia in Narmada district, the Prime Minister will later address a rally in Dabhoi - an hour's drive from Ahmedabad - to mark the end of the fortnight-long Narmada Mahotsav, launched by the Gujarat government to celebrate the completion of the dam.

The PM's visit to his home state comes less than a week after he hosted his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe where the two launched India's first bullet train project in Ahmedabad.

With the state gearing up for polls later this year, the ruling BJP has turned the inauguration of the dam into a massive political event. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had called the project as "Gujarat's lifeline", saying that the agriculture income and production of farmers in the state more than doubled because
of it.

 

The 1.2-km-long dam, which is 163 metres deep, will irrigate over 18 lakh hectares of land in the state, according to officials; the water from Narmada will flow into over 9,000 villages through a canal network, Sardar Sarovar Nigam Limited (SSNL) officials said, explaining the paybacks of the project.

The project has been mired in several controversies ever since its foundation stone was laid on April 5, 1961 by the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), led by social activist Medha Patkar, has been protesting against the project, raising several environmental concerns. In 1996, construction work on the dam was suspended following a stay by the Supreme Court which gave a go-ahead, four years later, but with conditions.

Soon after inaugurating the dam, PM Modi will head to Sadhu Bet, an island in the river Narmada where a 182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - called the 'Statue of Unity' - and a memorial complex dedicated to the country's first Home Minister are being constructed.

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Your 10-Point Guide To Sardar Sarovar Dam, World's Second Biggest

 

 

The Sardar Sarovar Dam project has been mired in controversies ever since its foundation stone was laid.

NEW DELHI:  The Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river is the third highest concrete dam in India. The foundation stone was laid by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru nearly six decades ago, on April 5, 1961. The construction began in 1987. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stressed that the project will start a new chapter of prosperity for Gujarat.

Here is your 10-point-guide to the Sardar Sarvovar Dam:

1. The Sardar Sarovar project is the biggest dam in terms of volume of concrete used in it. It is also the second biggest dam in the world after the Grand Coulee Dam in the United States.
2. The 1.2-km-long dam, which is 163 metres deep has till date produced 4,141 crore units of electricity from its two power houses -- river bed powerhouse and canal head powerhouse -- with an installed capacity of 1,200 MW and 250 MW, respectively.
3. The dam has earned over Rs. 16,000 crore -- more than double the cost of its construction, said a government spokesman. Each gate of the dam weighs over 450 tonnes and it takes one hour to close them. 
4. Officials say the power generated from the dam would be shared among three states -- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat. About 57 percent of the electricity produced from the dam goes to Maharashtra, while Madhya Pradesh gets 27 per cent and Gujarat gets 16 per cent.
5. Activists have been long demanding that the filling of the reservoir with water be stopped immediately and the dam's gates remain open so as to reduce the water level.
6. The water level in the submergence area of the dam in Barwani and Dhar districts of Madhya Pradesh is rising steadily since closure of the dam's gates began in July. The NBA claims that 40,000 families in 192 villages in Madhya Pradesh would be displaced when the reservoir is filled to its optimum capacity. As per the government, 18,386 families would be affected in the state.
7. The new gates raise the height of the dam to 138.68 metres. The Narmada Control Authority in June granted permission to the state government to close the gates, which will raise water level in the Sardar Sarovar reservoir, after being convinced that rehabilitation of the people displaced due to the project was complete.
8. Activist Medha Patkar is protesting against the project and demanding rehabilitation of the families affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam construction. Narmada Bachao Andolan took the government to the Supreme Court over environmental and rehabilitation issues, and obtained a stay in 1996. The court allowed resumption of work in October 2000.
9. The height of the dam was recently raised to 138.68 metres, which will allow maximum 'usable storage' of 4.73 million acre feet of water.
10. Gujarat Congress has claimed that the project is not complete and canals of 43,000 km length were yet to be built despite the BJP ruling the state for 22 years.

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[nokia123]

inni chesthunnadu...adhe chetto aa polavaram kooda complete cheseyocchu kadhaa....

Modi thathaki south ante chinna choopu baaga ekkuvainndhi...enthe sepu Gurajat, Bihar and UP ni pattukoni eladuthadu.....psch!!!  

[Kool_SRG]

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Idi ippadidi kaadu saami it was started by Nehru, went thru lots of troubles now getting inaugurated...

[Bhai]

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