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200,000 people is fulfilled by this years back, there were strong representations Pr OER Sn a So are de | certs en ss oH
multipurpose project. However, since its of these farmers who expressed their Ss ee “ae eT see ‘4 WA 28 aps ' 4
inception the project suffered from one major concerns. Ever since then, I had been ae i4 \ ry i" wg? C || eg age ry We. A
deficiency — Panam main canal, a 100 km weighing the various alternatives that were i : ; NZ t ee = So SN ee eee
long contour canal, served only the command brought before me as solutions. _ . SE i ae i i ete |
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: _ a terrain of Aravali hills and along the acquisition of around 35 ha of private and
ee 2 alignment of the high level main canal there reserved forest lands, felling of 39,000 trees
"Wy, Xe sits a big hillock which forms the main barrier and displacement of 22 families.
KA “4 to the increase in command area. The channel cutting of around 4.8 million m’
’ ! i} The first alternative was to dig an open canal would have necessitated consumption of 3.23
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*1 US$ 7847 be. ~ + s average cutting of 36 m, at a cost of F 1,500 excavators and other machineries.
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