Foremost among those who raised voice against the project was Medha Patkar who first visited the site of the dam in She was not alone in raising a voice against the building of the dam. Other notable figures to have made a strong case of protest against the project were Baba Amte, Arundhati Roy and Aamir Khan. The consistent struggle to dismantle the project built a huge amount of pressure on the World Bank and a bank commissioned panel was set up to review the project.
On concluding the fact that inadequate assessment had been made by the Indian government and the World Bank prior to sanctioning the project, the government on March 31, cancelled the loan authorised by the World Bank. After several years of much deliberation, however, the Supreme Court allowed the construction of the dam to proceed, provided it met with certain conditions. It occupies an area of 37,ha with an average length of km and width of 1.
The river catchment area above the dam site is 88, square kilometres. It has a spillway discharging capacity of 87, cubic metres a second. The dam and the reservoir periphery have been installed with advanced seismological instruments for calculating the stresses.
Seven chute spillway radial gates and 23 service spillway gates are installed for flood control. The full reservoir level of the SSD is The tail water level is about Narmada is the fifth largest river in India, traversing 1,km from the Amarkantak range in Madhya Pradesh to drain into the Arabian Sea at the Gulf of Cambay. The river has a basin area of 97, square kilometres.
The SSP is expected to supply water for irrigation of 1. It is also expected to supply drinking water to 29 million inhabitants across towns and 9, villages in the state. The 66,km network of conveyance and distribution system includes the Narmada Main Canal NMC , about 2,km of branch canals, 5,km of distributaries and other associated channels.
The A Wholly owned Govt. Main Menu. The Project. All rights reserved. Total Visitor : Benefits of Project. Components of Project. Hajira Sauque Teacher. How dams are built? Here are the basic steps to building a gravity dam — the most common type of dam that webuild.
Gravity dams are so named because they are held tothe ground by gravity — they weigh a lot, and are typicallymade from concrete or stone. Engineers must de-water the riverwhere the dam is meant to be built. Mateus Altenstrasser Reviewer. How do I get to Sardar Sarovar? How to Reach Sardar Sarovar Dam. The town from where one can reach this dam, is KevadiaNarmada. Ambreen Rosell Reviewer. Who was the leader of Narmada Bachao movement? Medha Patkar.
Betzaida Neuenhaus Reviewer. What is the reason behind Narmada Bachao Andolan? Narmada Bachao Andolan movement was a massivesocial movement organised by Medha Patkar. The main cause of this movement was large scale damconstruction besides the Narmada River. This caused huge displacement of people in these areas due to the slow progressof government's rehabilitation policy. Yahaira Linzuain Reviewer. What is the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam?
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