Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 67 birthday on September 17 dedicating the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation, almost 56 years after stone was laid by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on April 5, 1961.
With construction beginning 26 years later in 1987, it was a proud prime minister who inaugurated the dam by unveiling the plaque and performing puja at the site in Kevadia in the Narmada district.
The project has a long history of struggle before it reached its completion. It one of the biggest human endeavours for water transport with billion units of hydropower expected to be generated annually (having produced so far 4,141 crore units).
Sardar Sarovar Dam brings a sense of national pride for all those who relentlessly pursued it for decades. Built at a cost of Rs 47,202 crore, it is one of the largest water resources projects of India covering four major states - Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The Dam's spillway discharging capacity (30.7 lakhs cusecs) would be third highest in the world. With 1,133 cumecs (40000 cusecs) capacity at the head regulator, the 532 km long Narmada Main Canal is the largest irrigation canal in the world.
This story is from the October 2017 edition of URBAN VAASTU - Building modern India.
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Gujarat Celebrates Narmada Dam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated his 67 birthday on September 17 dedicating the Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation, almost 56 years after stone was laid by former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on April 5, 1961.
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