Sardar Sarovar
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The Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River (Also called Gujarat's Lifeline )
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 Location of Sardar Sarovar Dam in India Gujarat
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| Country | India |
| Location | Navagam, Gujarat |
| Coordinates | 21°49′49″N 73°44′50″E / 21.83028°N 73.74722°ECoordinates: 21°49′49″N 73°44′50″E / 21.83028°N 73.74722°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | April, 1987 |
| Opening date | 17 September, 2017 |
| Owner(s) | Narmada Control Authority |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | gravity dam, concrete |
| Impounds | Narmada River |
| Height | 138.68 meters |
| Height (foundation) | 163 m (535 ft) |
| Length | 1,210 m (3,970 ft) |
| Spillway capacity | 84,949 m3/s (2,999,900 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 9.5 km3 (7,700,000 acre·ft) |
| Active capacity | 5.8 km3 (4,700,000 acre·ft) |
| Catchment area | 88,000 km2 (34,000 sq mi) |
| Surface area | 375.33 km2 (144.92 sq mi) |
| Maximum length | 214 km (133 mi) |
| Maximum width | 1.77 km (1.10 mi) |
| Maximum water depth | 140m |
| Normal elevation | 138 m (453 ft) |
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| Operator(s) | Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited |
| Commission date | June 2006 |
| Turbines | Dam: 6 x 200 MW Francis pump-turbine Canal: 5 x 50 MW Kaplan-type |
| Installed capacity | 1,450 MW [1 Billion kWh every year] |
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The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada river near Navagam, Gujarat in India. Four Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Rajasthan, receive water and electricity supplied from the dam. The foundation stone of the project was laid out by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on April 5, 1961. The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity. The dam was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, 2017.
One of the 30 dams planned on river Narmada, Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) is the largest structure to be built. It is one of the largest dams in the world. It is a part of the Narmada Valley Project, a large hydraulic engineering project involving the construction of a series of large irrigation and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams on the Narmada river. Following a number of controversial cases before the Supreme Court of India (1999, 2000, 2003), by 2014 the Narmada Control Authority had approved a series of changes in the final height – and the associated displacement caused by the increased reservoir, from the original 80 m (260 ft) to a final 163 m (535 ft) from foundation. The project will irrigate more than 18,000 km2 (6,900 sq mi), most of it in drought prone areas of Kutch and Saurashtra.
The dam's main power plant houses six 200 MW Francis pump-turbines to generate electricity and include a pumped-storage capability. Additionally, a power plant on the intake for the main canal contains five 50 MW Kaplan turbine-generators. The total installed capacity of the power facilities is 1,450 MW.
To the south west Malwa plateau, the dissected hill tracts culminate in the Mathwar hills, located in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Below these hills Narmada river flows through a long, terrific gorge. This gorge extends into Gujarat where the river is tapped by the Sardar Sarovar dam.
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