syr darya is the river on which sardar sarovar dam is constructed.
syr darya is the river on which sardar sarovar dam is constructed.
the river on which sardar sarovar dam is constructed?
syr darya
the uniqueness of this award is that a non-riparian state – rajasthan – has been allocated a share of narmada waters, for meeting the water requirements of the drought prone districts of barmer and jalore, which have no other source of dependable water. the work on the project did not start soon since extensive studies were undertaken for project designing and with world bank getting involved with funding studies and project costs (loan agreement with goi of $450 million was signed in may 1985), the resettlement and rehabilitation (r&r) package was substantially revised, over and above what was set in the nwdt, and environmental studies had to be undertaken, but the environmental and forest clearances for the projects from the newly formed ministry of environment and forests (moe&f) involved extensive interministerial and inter departmental discussions (within the central govt and with state governments) for a substantial period and it was only in june 1987 (almost 8 years after the nwdt award was given in december 1979) that the moe&f gave a conditional approval to the sardar sarovar and narmada sagar projects. the forest clearance was given in september 1987 for sardar sarovar only. the clearance also required the work to be done "pari passu" with the construction of the dams and the filling of the reservoir. in the meantime, the narmada control authority (nca), an inter-state administrative authority and the sardar sarovar construction advisory committee (sscac) were set up in 1980 by the govt. of india in compliance of the nwdt award; the former organisation was set up in december 1980 as body corporate with representatives from the four party states and india, as a machinery to implement the decisions and directions of the nwdt and the later organisation was set up in sept. 1980 as a statutory body to ensure efficient, economical and timely execution of the unit i (dam and appurtenant works) and unit iii (hydropower works) of the sardar sarovar project (ssp). a review committee consisting of the union minister for irrigation (now substituted by union minister for water resources) as its chairperson and the chief ministers of madhya pradesh, maharashtra, gujarat and rajasthan as its members is also in position to review the decisions of the nca and the sscac, as required. for monitoring and implementation of various environmental activities effectively, independent machinery of the environment sub-group is functioning since nov.1987 under nca. similarly, for monitoring the progress of the resettlement and rehabilitation of project affected people, r&r subgroup is also functioning under the nca. at the state level, sardar sarovar narmada nigam limited (ssnl) in gujarat has the mandate to implement and manage the sardar sarovar multipurpose project. in madhya pradesh, the narmada valley development authority (nvda) is vested the responsibility for implementation of the projects.
narmada river
narmada bachao andolan (nba) is a social movement protesting against the dam on river narmada which began in 1985 consisting of adivasis, farmers, fish workers, labourers and others in the narmada valley along with the intellectuals including environmentalists, human rights activists, scientists, academicians, artists who stand for just and sustainable development. sardar sarovar dam in gujarat is one of the biggest dams on narmada where the non-violent people's struggle has questioned social and environmental costs, undemocratic planning and unjust distribution of benefits. the struggle is still on in the sardar sarovar affected areas and also other large and medium dams on narmada and its tributaries. it has led to thousands of project affected families receiving land based rehabilitation and continues to fight against submergence and displacement without rehabilitation of more than 40,000 families residing in these submergence area of sardar sarovar till date. many of its claims and critique on economic, social and environmental aspects of sardar sarovar and narmada valley development project stand vindicated today. patkar has also questioned the wisdom of the currently popular developmental strategy of linking rivers in india as a means to address issues of water shortage.
medha patkar