write a casestudy on Sardar Sarovar Dam. Its importance.
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The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River crossing Gujarat in India. It is the largest dam and part of the Narmada Valley Project, a large hydraulic engineering project involving of a series of large irrigation and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams. The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. The state governments of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh claim that the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) and the Narmada Sagar Project (NSP) would irrigate 1.9 million ha and 0.14 million ha of land and generate 1,450 megawatts (mw) and 1,000 mw of power, respectively. The hydroelectric power of the SSP would be shared by the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh; the irrigation benefits would accrue to the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. We recognise the complexity in Sardar Sarovar Valley involved. The questions arise in the dam struggle and the development of the model that holds out the chimerical promise of material wealth. We would emphasise that the water problems of drought prone areas of Gujurat. Recently, the Indian government gave clearance for the construction of the SSP in Gujarat and the NSP in Madhya Pradesh.
Benefits of the project
After examining current status of the project on the delivery of benefits as per official data the argument is always in favour of the Sardar Sarovar Project as the benefits are so large that they substantially preponderate over the costs of the immediate humanand environmental disruption. Without the dam, the long term costs for people would be much greater and lack of an income source for future generations would put increasing pressure on the environment. If the waters of the Narmada River continue to flow to the sea unutilized, then there appears to be no alternative to escalating human deprivation, particularly in the dry areas of Gujarat and Rajasthan. The Project has the potential to feed 20 million people, supply domestic and industrial water to 30 million, and provide employment to more than 1 million. Apart from the above benefits it provides valuable peak electricity in areas with high unmet power demand.
Gujarat has received Rs 4,887 crores and Rajasthan has received Rs 625 crores under the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme from 1996 to 2008 from the Central Government for the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) command area for creation of the canal network which is lagging behind. However the drinking water benefits of the SSP have always been presented as a strong argument in its favor, whenever it was gripped by controversy. The government of Gujarat also planned to generate solar power by placing solar panels over the canal, and making it beneficial for the surrounding villages to get power and to reduce the evaporation of water. The Narmada Basin hydro-meteorological (hydromet) network for forecasting flood and reservoir operation is another important project component.
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