The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a concrete gravity dam built on the Narmada River near the town of Kevadiya, in Narmada District, in the Indian state of Gujarat. The dam was constructed to provide water and electricity to the Indian states of Gujarat, …

The Sardar Sarovar Project is one of the largest water resources project of India covering four major states - Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Dam's spillway discharging capacity (30.7 lakhs cusecs) would be third highest in the world.

Sardar Sarovar Dam is a mammoth project that took 56 years to build. It has been touted as the World’s 2nd largest concrete gravity dam and is responsible for supplying electricity to not just Gujarat but also, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

Tour of Sardar Sarovar Dam: The Sardar Sarovar Dam is the third highest concrete dam (163 metres) in India after Bhakra (226 metres) in Himachal Pradesh and Lakhwar (192 metres) in Uttar Pradesh. In terms of volume of concrete involved for gravity dams, this dam is ranked as the second largest in the world with an aggregate volume of 6.82 ...

The Sardar Sarovar Project is one of the largest water resource projects of India covering four major states - Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. It has a Dam having spillway discharging capacity (30.7 lakhs cusecs). The Dam is surrounded by natural beauty.

Sardar Sarovar Dam is very close to the famous Statue of Unity in Gujrat state of India. This whole area developed so well and now dam like Sardar Sarovar can also be seen from close-by building. This blogpost shares more about Sardar Sarovar Dam, it's scale and how Gujrat Tourism has transformed this place to make it accessible to tourists.

Main Dam - 1,210 m long, 163 m high from the deepest foundation level; Designed Live Storage Capacity of the Reservoir 5860 MCM (4.75 million acre feet) Irrigation - 1.905 million Ha (1.8 million Hector in Gujarat benefitting 1 million farmers) Drinking Water - 9490 villages and 173 towns (30 million people)

Jul 7, 2020 · It is an inter-state project whose benefits will be shared between the four states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. The terminal major dam for the Project is located in Gujarat, near Vadgam. It is a concrete gravity dam with a maximum length of 1210 m and maximum height of 138.68 m.

Dec 6, 2023 · The Sardar Sarovar Dam, situated in Kevadiya, Navagam, Gujarat, is a gravity dam constructed on the Narmada River. The foundation stone for this engineering marvel was laid by the late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on April 5, 1961.

Jun 2, 2024 · The Sardar Sarovar Dam, located on the Narmada River in the state of Gujarat, is a major hydroelectric and irrigation project. It is part of the larger Narmada Valley Project, which aims to provide water and power to the states of Gujarat, …