GK
ECOLOGY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Sardar Sarovar Dam
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Hirakud Dam
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Alamatti
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Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
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Detailed explanation-1: -In its report, the six-member Central Fact Finding Committee has warned that raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river in Gujarat will be disastrous. Also, raising the height of the dam structure from 122 m to 139 m will lead to a bigger calamity than the Nepal earthquake.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dam and Reservoir. A concrete gravity dam, 1210 meters (3970 feet) in length and with a maximum height of 163 meters above the deepest foundation level, is under construction across river Narmada.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is part of the Narmada Valley Development Project, a major plan to generate power and supply water for drinking and irrigation to states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. The scheme was conceived by the late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1946-1947.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat is one of the biggest dams on the Narmada river and was one of the first focal points of the Save the Narmada Movement.