Presented By: Faizan A Tughlaq(01) Shilpa Ingle(11) Shoeb Khan(21) Shabahan Meethal(31) Darshana Patil(41) Premdeep Singh(51 )
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The Narmada is the fifth longest river in south Asia and the
longest in central India. It is also the longest Indian river flowing westwards. Amarkantak kantak in the Shahdol distri district ct of Madhy Madhyaa Rising near Amar Pradesh (MP) at an elevation of 2,700 feet. It travels more than 965 km to form a natural 35 km border
between MP and Maharashtra and a 40 km long natural border between Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Sardarr Sar Sarovar ovar Pro Project ject (SS (SSP) P) became became a part of of the In1946 the Sarda Narmada Valley Development Project (NVDP). The NVDP comprises 30 large dams (of which the SSP is the
largest), 135 medium dams and 3,000 small dams. 1961 Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurates project. The construction work was started in 1987 and it took almost
two decades to be completed.
Provide
safe drinking water to 30 million people.
Irrigate
17.93 million hectares of land covering 3112 villages of 73 talukas in guja gujarat rat and also some parts of Rajasth Rajasthan. an. Produce
types of 1200 mw and 250 mw of power with the help of two types power houses ,river bed power house and canal head power house. Flood
protection measuring to
30,000
ha.
Provide
cu-mtrss of water water per year year.. 1,300 cu-mtr
Provide
a drainage system to carry away floodwaters
Benefits of the proj project ect
Source of tourism
Dams often happen to be tourist hot spots sp ots and attractions. Tourism is a source of employment and livelihood to people peo ple and can help increase employment opportunities for people living around the dam.
Other
benefits
Fisheries
development, recreational facilities, protection of conserved forest, agro industrial development etc.
Abuse
of human rights .
Migration Losing
of over 1mn poor and underprivileged people.
of livelihood.
Ecological
imbalance
Accumulation Submerging Health
of silt and disruption of the formation of floodplains flood plains
local flora and fauna
issues.
Not
enough resettlement sites -12,000 families left without any rehabilitation provision Sites without basic amenities Move to the outskirts of the city Insufficient cash payment No amenities promised Need to buy water
In February 1999, the Supreme Court of India gave the go ahead for for the dam's height height to be raised raised to 88 m (289 ft) from the ini initia tiall 80 m (260 (260 ft). ft).
In October 2000 again, in a 2 to 1 majority judgment in the Supreme Court, the government was allowed to construct the dam up to to 90 m (300 ft) ft)..
In May 2002, the Narmada Control Authority approved increasing increas ing the height height of the dam to 95 m (312 ft). ft).
In March 2004, the the Authori Authority ty allowed allowed a 15 m (49 ft) height increasee to increas to 110 110 m (360 ft).
In March 2006, the Narmada Control Authority gave clearance for the height of of the dam to increased from from 110.64 110.64 m (363.0 ft) to 121.92 m (400.0 ft). This This came after after 2003 when the Supreme Supreme Court of India refused to stay the height of the dam again.
The
SSP had felled 2,493 ha of forest in 1983 in anticipation of submergence without the ministrys clearance.
Sardar Saro Sarovar var will submer submerge ge 14,000 hectar hectares es of forests.
Threatening
with extinction the Marsh crocodile, the most producti productive ve Hilsa Hilsa fishery now left left in India, the giant freshw freshwater ater prawn prawn and the Mahseer fish.
Social Impact Communities disp di spla laced ced ± up to 100,000 people
A grim situation awaits more than 1500 families in
Maharashtra and 12000 families in Madhya Pradesh who face submergence every monsoon due to the rise in the hei ght of the Sardar Sarovar S arovar dam.
Residents of Pendri Pen driapad apadaa (Gu (Guj) j) look look on their destroyed homes and fields
Stagnant water increased«. More mosquitoes breeding« Increased levels of malaria«
A huge
percentage of the displaced are tribal people (57.6 per pe r cent in the the case case of the the Sardar Sardar Sar Sarovar ovar Dam Dam). ). Includ Includee Dalit Dalitss and the the figure figure becomes obscene. If
you consider that tribal people account for only eight per cent, and Dalits Dalits 15 per cent, of India's India's population, population, it opens up a whole other dimension to the story. story. momadic Tribal momadic
people displaced displaced for settled settled irrigated irrigated cash crop
growers.
Narmada Main Canal
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Started in 1985, Narm armad ada a Bachao Bachao An Andol dolan an is the the most most powerful mass movement. Led by Medha Patk Patkar ar,, it has now been turned into the International protest, gaining support from NGO'S all around the globe. Famous celebrities celebrities like film star Aamir Aamir Khan and Arundhatii Ro Arundhat Roy y has made open efforts to support support armada da Bacha Bachao o And Andolan olan.. Narma
Main Dam
a)On 8th March 2006, 200 6, NCA has permitted to raise the dam height of spillway spillway of Sardar Sardar Sarovar Dam to to EL 121.92 M. The The work of raising has been taken up. b)93.53% [ 63.79 LCM] of total quantity of 68.20 LCM to be placed in the dam at final height is completed. c)Construction of Irrigation Bye Pass Tunnel [IBPT] is almost completed and water is flowing through.
Hydro Power
a)CANAL HEAD POWER HOUSE [CHPH] Canal Head Power House is completed in all respect and is commissioned on 5/12/2004. Each Unit is able of generating about 18 MW of power.
b)RIVER BED POWER HOUSE [RBPH] There are total 6 units of TG in RBPH, each e ach of 200 MW install capacity. Five units are commissioned. At the end of March, 2006, total 2215.00 MUs are generated from both power house
Canal System
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Work of Narmada Main Canal (NMC) from ch. ch . 0 to 263 km is completed and water is released through this reach, which has enabled to take Narmada Water up to Kadi and beyond up to Malia Mal ia and Vall Vallabhi abhipur pur thr through ough Saura Saurashr shraa Bra Branch nch Canal Canal.. There are are 14 branch Canals Canals offtaking offtaking through NMC NMC between ch 26 263 3 to 458 km km..
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A high- power committee should be constituted to ensure proper rehabil reha bilita itatio tion n and res resett ettlem lement ent Comprehensive plan for a rehabilitation programme formulated
Alternative 1.
to be
plan:-
Dispersal of storage- integration of large and small: should
be behind the dam; storage mainly having the function of a regulatory storage(dispersed local storages and their ref efil illi lin ng ser erv ves as th thee mai ain n storag age) e)
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Integration of local and exogenous water: Devel elo opm pmeent of local wat ateer resour urcces and their integration to allow for a extension of the service area to almost double the plann pl anned ed se servi rvice ce ar area ea..
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Dual role of small systems:
To allow small systems to act in their dual capacity, as means to harness local water resources and as receptacles and as disspe di perrsed storage elements of wat ater er from the lar arg ge source
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Feeder
Inst stea eado doff a la larrge cen enttral aliise sed d `c `com omm man and d ar areea¶ it canals: In needs a collection of dispersed `service areas¶ built around local sources to which water in conveyed by `feeder canals¶(large canals and their main function is speedy conv co nvey eyan ance ce to the lo loca call st stor orag agee sy syst stem ems) s)
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Condit ions
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Narmada Management
of exogenous water use: to make exogenous water available on certain conditions to be fulfilled by the users and the state mutually in respect of equity and sustainability. the e eng ngiineering Authority to stop th ,sanctions, approvals, tenders, contracts and funds for furrther increasing the height of the dam. fu
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