Pm Modi To Inaugurate World's Second Biggest Dam Sardar Sarovar Dam
Nirmal Singh Lotus
Green is glad to know that PM Modi is all set to re-inaugurate the Sardar
Sarovar Dam on September 17 which was put into place some fifty-six years ago
by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Narmada district's Kevadia, the
dam, one of India's biggest.
On the very day, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijat Rupani’s
birthday also falls.
Nirmal Singh Lotus
Green would like quote Mr Rupani, who said: "The Prime Minister will
dedicate the Sardar Sarovar project to the nation after opening the 30 gates
installed in it, which were closed on the directions of the Narmada Control Authority
on June 17 this year."
The gates of the Sardar Sarovar Project were ordered to
remain shut on June 16 by the Narmada Control Authority. In fact, it remained
closed the following day. As soon as the gate was closed the height of the dam
was increased to 138 metres with a storage capacity increased to 4.73 million
cubic metres (MCM) from the current 1.27 million cubic metres. However,
previously the height of the dam was 121.92 metres.
"It is the best gift for him on his birthday, as he has
worked tirelessly for the dam to bring water in the parched areas of the
state," Mr Rupani said.
Nirmal Singh Lotus Green noted that the Chief Minister accused the opposition Congress for
delaying the Sardar Sarovar project, saying: "Before 2014, the UPA
government did not give permission for seven years to install gates on the dam.
And after Modiji became Prime Minster, the permission was granted in 17
days."
He also said that with the inauguration of the project, over
18 lakh hectares of land in the state would be benefitted with irrigation as
Narmada water will flow to over 9,000 villages of Gujarat through a canal
network.
"When Modiji came to power in 2014, within 17 days he
gave permission for the installation of the gates, and it took three years to
complete the installation of gates," a senior official associated with the
work of Sardar Sarovar project told the media.
Each gate weighs over 450 tonnes and it takes one hour to
close them, the official said.
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