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er earrantec Saeco ne (unter ceknrin River By Inter-beshs Wher Tranafer) was untapped, for the simple reason that the quenched the thirst of the city of
constructed dam height and created storage Ahmedabad, by effective utilisation of
f : = potential in Sardar Sarovar were not surplus water from Narmada, but even the
a ee : conducive to such a large-scale diversion of French Wells in the riverbed got
ah] | is ’ water, With the stage-wise increase in the Tejuvenated. With three radial gates of the
ute = Sardar Sarovar dam height and associated size 7.0 m x 8.3 m, it was now possible to
) * = oy enhancement in available storage, this release regulated discharge in the dry
oe oe ia a ' | eacape structure became a perennial source tiverbed of Sabarmati and thus the dream of
ae 2. — of water for Sabarmati river. This not only many to see the Sabarmati river in spate
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structure with discharge carrying capacity of tiver in the event of any sort of mismatch Ny av ° i e Se _~ T. a 5
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