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Narmada Dam Project
Narmada Dam Project
Nandan Shah
TFS - Sauces
Brief History
1901
1947
1961
Prime Minister Jawalarl Nehru lays foundation stone for Narmada dams
project.Includes plans for 3000 small, medium and large dams.
1985
World Bank approves $450 million loan to India for Sardar Sarovar.
Construction begins in 1986. Narmada Bachao Andolan coalition
forms led by Medha Patkar & Baba Amte
1993
1995
1999
2000
2003
Sardar Sarovar dam reaches 103 meters (338 ft.). In July, earthquake of
4.3 magnitude shakes dam.
2006
2025
19,05,000 ha of land
Increased the agriculture production by 8.7 million tons per annum
(worth US $ 430 million)
Generate environment friendly hydropower with installed capacity
of 1,450 MW
Supply drinking water to more than 8000 village and 135 urban
centers of the State (around 20 million population)
Issues
Social Issue
Health Issue
Ecological Issue
Environmental Issue
Cultural Issue
Social Issues
There was no social impacts assessment
before the dam project started. The
World Bank tried to do an assessment
after the dam project started but found
that there was a severe shortage in
baseline data.
Health Issues
Outbreak of diseases
The concern of an increase in malaria because of the
increased reservoirs and water logged lands, which are prime
locations for mosquitoes to breed.
Authorities have suggested pesticides but there is concern for
humans ingesting the pesticide.
Another disease on the rise is TB because of the increasing
number of people being moved out of their villages because
of dams.
Environmental Issues
Water logging excess water in the soil and can render the soil
useless. This could affect 40% of the area to be irrigated.
adds more salt to the system. This happens because the land to
be irrigated is an arid area and not used to so much water. This
impacts the flora and fauna and makes the water not suitable for
drinking.
Ecological Issues
Threat to aquatic habitat barriers for fish passage, water quality
is affected because of change in land use can also affect aquatic
life.
With the submerging of forest land, a wealth of flora and fauna will
simply disappear. There are no forest corridors enabling wildlife to
cross over from the submerged areas to other forested regions
since the patches of forest are surrounded by agricultural and
barren land. Once the dams flood the land, the animals will either
drown or be driven into the fields where they could destroy crops.
Cultural Issues
Resettlement threatens to culturally victimize people in other
NBA
Narmada Bachao Andolan is social movement consisting of tribal
There had also been instances when the NBA activists turned
violent and attacked rehabilitation officer from Narmada
Valley Development Authority (NVDA), and caused damage
to the contractor's machineries.
The NBA has also been accused of lying under oath in court
Solutions
RESETTLEMENT &
REHABILITATION PROGRAMME
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Environmental protection
The ministry of Environment and Forests had laid down certain
stringent conditions at the time of giving clearance to the project
in the year 1987. So as to comply with the conditions of
clearance, following programmes were undertaken.
Benefits
The Sardar Sarovar dam, under construction in Gujarat, will
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