The canal head powerhouse and river bed powerhouse are two powerhouses of the dam. Both produce lots of electricity that goes to Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
The magnificent beauty of Sardar Sarovar Dam has been one of the attractions for the brilliant artifact, But the Dam not only is beautiful but holds many benefits as it helps the nearby areas in all aspects.
Sardar Dam is the lifeline of Gujarat and the second largest dam in the world in terms of size and volume. The dam helped a lot in revenue of region and agricultural output.
The canal head powerhouse and river bed powerhouse are two powerhouses of the dam. Both produce lots of electricity that goes to Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. Even a student can learn many things in an education camp.
Here are some of the benefits of the Sardar Sarovar Dam:
IRRIGATION
The Sardar Sarovar Project will provide irrigation facilities to 18.45 lac ha. of land, covering 3112 villages of 73 talukas in 15 districts of Gujarat. It will also irrigate 2,46,000 ha. of land in the strategic desert districts of Barmer and Jallore in Rajasthan and 37,500 ha. in the tribal hilly tract of Maharashtra through lift. About 75% of the command area in Gujarat is drought prone while entire command in Rajasthan is drought prone. Assured water supply will soon make this area drought proof.
DRINKING WATER SUPPLY
A special allocation of 0.86 MAF of water has been made to provide drinking water to 173 urban centres and 9490 villages within and out-side command in Gujarat for present population of 28 million and prospective population of over 40 million by the year 2021. All the villages and urban centres of arid region of Saurashtra and Kachchh and all "no source" villages and the villages affected by salinity and fluoride in North Gujarat will be benefited. Water supply requirement of several industries will also be met from the project giving a boost to all-round production
POWER
There are two power houses viz. River Bed Power House and Canal Head Power House with an installed capacity of 1200 MW and 250 MW respectively. The power would be shared by three states - Madhya Pradesh - 57%, Maharashtra - 27% and Gujarat 16%. This will provide a useful peaking power to western grid of the country which has very limited hydel power production at present. A series of micro hydel power stations are also planned on the branch canals where convenient falls are available.
FLOOD PROTECTION
It will also provide flood protection to riverine reaches measuring 30,000 ha. covering 210 villages and Bharuch city and a population of 4.0 lac in Gujarat.
WILDLIFE
Wild life sanctuaries viz. "Shoolpaneshewar wild life sanctuary" on left Bank, Wild Ass Sanctuary in little Rann of Kachchh, Black Buck National Park at Velavadar, Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary in Kachchh, Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary and Alia Bet at the mouth of River will be benefited.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION
SSP would generate electricity. On completion, annual additional agricultural production would be Rs. 1600 crores, power generation and water supply Rs. 175 crores, aggregating about Rs. 2175 crores every year equivalent to about Rs. 6.0 crores a day.
AGAINST ONE TRIBAL DISPLACED, 7 TRIBALS WOULD GET BENEFITS
In addition, there will be benefits of fisheries development, recreational facilities, water supply for industries, agro industrial development, protection of conserved forest from grazers and secondary benefits viz employment generation, increase in vegetal cover in 3.4 M. Ham. of GCA, gains due to compensatory forest, tree plantation 100 times and Carbon Dioxide (CO2) fixation to large extent by 70 times.
Here are some of the pictures of the beautiful structure:
#SardarSarovarDam-The real saviour of Gujarat in hot summer.After having filled upto FRL for 2 consecutive yrs,the Dam is still having water level of around 125m & live storage of 2082 Billion ltrs.
— Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta (@drrajivguptaias) May 27, 2021
This year Narmada Water is being supplied for Kharif,Rabi &even hot weather crops pic.twitter.com/8KC104EmyU
1st time in the history of #SardarSarovarProject-Summer irrigation in the entire Narmada Command Area upto 30th June has been possible this year.
— Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta (@drrajivguptaias) May 17, 2021
And 35 Reservoirs, about 1,200 village ponds & 1,000+ check dams in 20 districts are being filled with 453 billion litres of water. pic.twitter.com/qJVC4WAePz
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