Sardar Sarovar Project Environment Safeguard Measures in Maharashtra
Sardar Sarovar Project Environment Safeguard Measures in Maharashtra Report of Field Visit – 10th to 13th June 2013 Environment Department Government of Maharashtra Report Preparation: Ms. Kirti Amritkar-Wani, Project Officer, SSP Monitoring Cell, Environment Department, GoM Valuable Inputs: Dr. Pawan Kumar, Director (Environment), Narmada Control Authority, Indore Mr. A. M. Pimparkar, Scientist I, Environment Department, GoM Mr. Anish Parshurame, Scientist II & Under Secretary, Environment Department, GoM Ms. Archana shirke, Scientist II, Environment Department, GoM Support: Mr. Sudhir Shetty, Assistant, Environment Department, GoM Mr. Dinesh Banate, Data Entry Operator, Environment Department, GoM Table of Contents Sr No Description Page No. 1 Introduction & Field Visit Schedule 1 2 Catchment Area Treatment 3 3 Compensatory Afforestation 7 4 Health Aspects 14 5 Meeting with Field Agencies 19 6 Summary of Work to be done 22 7 Annexure I – Participants of Field Visit 25 Report of the Field Visit to the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) Areas in Maharashtra during 10th to 13th June 2013 Introduction: The Sardar Sarovar Project is an inter-state multidisciplinary project with a terminal dam on river Narmada at Kevadia in Gujarat. It is meant to benefit the 4 states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. It is a multipurpose project with irrigation, power and drinking water benefits. The Sardar Sarovar dam is presently at a height of 121.92 meters. Although entirely rain fed, the Narmada has a fairly heavy discharge because of moderately heavy annual average rainfall in the basin, particularly in the upper catchment area. The total basin area of the river Narmada is 97,410 square kilometer comprising 85,858 square kilometer in Madhya Pradesh, 1658 square kilometer in Maharashtra and 9894 square kilometer in Gujarat.
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