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aeaar Sarovar Project share at 45.12% whereas the industrial sector ranked second
with 28.59% consumption. But the situation changed by the
year 2008-09 due to concurrent emphasis that my
Government gave to Sardar Sarovar Project as well as Micro
; : ‘Water Harvesting Sector. Therefore, the consumption of
I find the inter-linkages between water and energy very electricity by agricultural sector drastically reduced to
fascinating in the case of Sardar Sarovar Project. The wide 21.10% leaving scope for enhanced consumption by
availability of Narmada water from Sardar Sarovar has led industries. With this, their share in consumption increased to
to intangible benefits in terms of virtual savings of around 35.26% in the year 2008-09.
electricity that would otherwise have been consumed to
draw this amount of water from ground water resources. — =
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