Build on Narmada which is the fifth largest river in the Indian subcontinent, traversing 1,312 km through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat to drain into the Arabian Sea.
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is built on the Narmada near Rajpipla in the state of Gujarat.
Some Facts are below :
The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a 1,210 m long gravity dam with a height of 163 m above the deepest foundation level. At present, it stands at a height of 121.9 m.
World’s second largest dam in terms of volume of concrete used.
It has a spillway discharging capacity of 87,000 cumecs.
It has the longest canal network in the world and includes the Narmada Main Canal, around 2,500 km of branch canals, 5,500 km of dis-tributaries, and other associated channels.
The 458.3km long, 1,133 cumecs capacity Narmada Main Canal in Gujarat is the largest irrigation lined canal in the world. It further extends by 74 km in Rajasthan, and has 38 off-taking branch canals being built in phases.
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