Case study on narmada river valley project 2. There are 30 major dams 135 medium dams and around 3000 minor dam projects are proposed along with long canals on the narmada basin by nvda.
The narmada valley development project is the single largest river development scheme in india.
Narmada river valley project. With people displaced by the narmada valley development project nvdp a large scale plan to dam the narmada river and its tributaries in the indian states of madhya pradesh gujarat and maharashtra. This is going to be one of the largest river valley projects of the world because the entire project includes the construction of 30 major 135 medium and 3 000 minor dams on the river. Over 50 villages in the narmada valley have been completely submerged with the river touching the 137 metre mark.
Estimates show that the cost of the whole project would be around us 19 billion over the next 25 years. Other articles where narmada valley development project is discussed. With the waters of the narmada flooding their villages people in madhya pradesh have resorted to rallies against the state government.
Narmada river valley is the largest west flowing river and also known as the life line of madhya pradesh. Group a16 group members govinda raj y13uc106 gulshan kumar garg y13uc107 harsh sharma y13uc108 harshal daglia y13uc109 harshit sankhla y13uc110 harshita gupta y13uc111 harshita sharma y13uc112. The narmada river also called the reva and previously also known as narbada nerbudda it is also known as life line of madhya pradesh and gujarat for its huge contribution to the state of madhya pradesh and gujarat in many ways.
The narmada valley project aims at harnessing this flow for the economic prosperity of the concerned areas. It forms the traditional boundary between north india and south india and flows westwards. Nature sake development.
The flooding has affected public life and farming. In sardar sarovar project ssp in the state of gujarat and the narmada sagar project nsp in the state of madhya pradesh are at present the nvp s major constituents. An advocate of human rights patkar founded her campaigns on two basic tenets in the indian constitution.
Narmada river valley project final 1. The narmada valley project nvp is made up of plans for 30 major 136 medium and 3 000 minor dams in india. It is one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world and will displace approximately 1 5 million people from their land in three states gujarat maharashtra and madhya pradesh.
Narmada rises from amarkantak plateau in anuppur district madhya pradesh. Narmada valley development authority nvda concerns narmada river the river of madhya pradesh with 87 of its catchment area lying in madhya pradesh it becomes all the more important for the state to exploit this enormous water resource it was with this motto in mind that the narmada valley development authority nvda was formed by the government of mp on 9 august 1985.
