prime minister jawaharlal nehru laid the foundation of sardar sarovar dam.
prime minister jawaharlal nehru laid the foundation of sardar sarovar dam.
who laid the foundation of sardar sarovar dam?
prime minister jawaharlal nehru
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 5 april 1961. the project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme funded by the world bank through their international bank for reconstruction and development, to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity, using a loan of us$ 200 million. the construction for dam begun in 1987, but the project was stalled by the supreme court of india in 1995 in the backdrop of narmada bachao andolan over concerns of displacement of people. in 2000-01 the project was revived but with a lower height of 110.64 metres under directions from sc, which was later increased in 2006 to 121.92 meters and 138.98 meters in 2017.
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bullet::::- sardar sarovar narmada nigam. (01/2002) retrieved 7/9/2007 narmada for people and environment









































bullet::::- dam-affected resettlement in gujarat, by chhandasi pandya, retrieved 13 july 2007 article









































bullet::::- second interim report of the committee for assessment of survey/ studies / planning and implementation, of the plans on environmental safeguard measures for sardar sarovar & indira sagar projects report









































association for india's development website









































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bullet::::- friends of river narmada









































bullet::::- official website of nvda - narmada valley development authority









































bullet::::- official website of sardar sarovar narmada nigam limited









































bullet::::- regularly updated news clippings about narmada dams
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