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}__. |? ie Raising the dam height and the Not only this, with the command area being Narmada weter has been released in the dry
corresponding increase in the covered to the extent of around 500,000 ha, beds of Heran, Orsang, Karad, Dhadhar,
storage capacity have we have significantly interlinked many Mahi, Saidak, Mohar, Shedhi, Watrak,
significantly improved the water rivers by the interbasin transfer of Narmada Meshwo, Khari, Sabarmati and Saraswati
supply and hydropower waters using the Sardar Sarovar Canal rivers. The ecology and water quality of
generation. The real benefits of Network. these rivers have drastically improved
the project which were awaited
for almost 15 years have now
started flowing. Diversion of
Narmada waters to the main “ i ~~ ST ee ed ns :
canal of the project (world's Ce a Bae ee
— = largest lined irrigation canal) was Se _— aaa
eal just 705 MCM in the year 2001, See ES a esas a
—<—- but it spectacularly increased to —— a — == F 4 d
Sea 5,195 MCM in 2003 and to ee eri a
Ss. 6,194 MCM in 2004. Although es ————
we deliberately decreased the = = ' é
water flow in subsequent years a —
, . . — : ___ due to consecutive good ——— a
monsoons, it remained to the a —— OE,
extent of 4,201 MCM in 2005, moe % 4 ae
4,292 MCM in 2008 and 5,870 ee : —— 3
MCM in 2009. We also pee = a a we - Thus Flows
completed the construction of the < < . gee
main canal in the year 2008 and ss 7 ~ wae Fhe Narmada
started water supplies to our ee eam oe — of Water In
neighbouring State — Rajasthan — - eugmlesS = :
in March 2008, fulfilling real eS ee 458. km Long Canal
objective of this project as an el <a eI
Inter-State River Project. a “ae vee ; ‘
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