Sardar Sarovar dam - Revision history

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‎The Narmada Bachao Andolan, 1986-2016

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‎2017: 30 sluice gates locked

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==2017: 30 sluice gates locked==
[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=Guj-gets-nod-to-raise-Sardar-Sarovar-height-18062017013024 Guj gets nod to raise Sardar Sarovar height, June 18, 2017: The Times of India]

'''Closure Of Dam Gates Will Boost Storage Capacity'''

Gujarat's quest for more Narmada waters got a big fillip on Saturday with the state government ordering the locking of 30 sluice gates at the Sardar Sarovar dam in what will cause more submergence in the upstream areas of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh..

The Gujarat government got permission late on Friday from the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) to close all the radial gates, raising the dam height from existing 121.92 meters to 138.68 meters. This will allow storage of an additional 3.48 Million Acre Feet (MAF) of water to parched areas of the state. The gates started closing early on Saturday and the process was to be completed by late evening.

Chief minister Vijay Rupani, deputy CM Nitin Patel along with senior ministers and bureaucrats rushed to dam site at Kevadiya early on Saturday morning to offer prayers and order closu re of the gates.

“It is a historic day for Gujarat and will open gates of development in the state,“ an ecstatic Rupani said.“Narmada is Gujarat's lifeline. Prime Minister Modi has turned the vision of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel into reality,“ Rupani added.

The development is expected to throw a political lifeline to the BJP in Gujarat as it battles unrest among farmers.

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 ==The Narmada Bachao Andolan, 1986-2016==
-[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article6663.html  S G Vombatkere, Narmada Bachao Andolan: Thirty Years of Resistance and Reconstruction, 9 September 2016: Main Stream Weekly]
+[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article6663.html  S G Vombatkere, Narmada Bachao Andolan: Thirty Years of Resistance and Reconstruction, 9 September 2016: Mainstream Weekly]

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	The development is expected to throw a political lifeline to the BJP in Gujarat as it battles unrest among farmers.		The development is expected to throw a political lifeline to the BJP in Gujarat as it battles unrest among farmers.
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		+	==Parched MP released 650mcm water for inauguration==
		+	[http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=NARMADA-ROW-Parched-MP-released-water-for-Guj-23092017011018 P Naveen, September 23, 2017: The Times of India]
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		+	When Madhya Pradesh is staring at imminent drought, a controversy has erupted over water release from its Indira Sagar Dam to Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat from September 11-15 to boost water level. Two days later, PM Narendra Modi dedicated Sardar Sarovar Dam to the nation.
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		+	Highly placed sources said MP government released 650mcm water from Indira Sagar to Sardar Sarovar Dam so its water level rose to 130m.
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		+	Officials of Narmada Valley Development Authority said water release was routine for “power generation“, but Narmada Bachao Andolan activists (NBA) said it was uncalled for when there was shortage. The water would have irrigated two lakh hec tares of land, they said.
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		+	Officials told TOI that MP used 35.54 lakh units of power produced by Sardar Sarovar Dam from September 11-15.This is merely 0.41% of the 85 crore units of power used in the state during the period.
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		+	TOI has a copy of an advisory issued by Khandwa collector Abhishek Singh on September10, to collectors and SPs of Khargone, Barwani, Dewas and Dhar districts to be vigilant during release of water from the dam due to “incessant rain“. NBA activists said it hardly rained then.
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		+	Indira Sagar's water level stood at 253m -10m short of full-tank level -when water was released, said sources.“Gujarat received heavy rains and there was no need for extra water,“ said NBA 's Alok Agarwal. NVDA vice-chairman Rajneesh Vaisha initially denied water was released but later said only “excess would have been released“.