INDIRA SAGAR DAM

MADHYA PRADESH

PRESENTED BY
VARAPRASAD.S (ID 15) CH.RAMANJANEYULU(ID 13)
Contents
• Introduction
• Location of the Project
• States benefited, Area of Irrigation and Power
Generation
• Submergence Details
• Hydrology (including rain fall)
• Physical Status of Works and Expenditure Incurred
• Rehabilitation and Resettlement
• History of Litigations
• Tribunal Awards
• Environmental Clearance
• Project Similar to Indira Sagar : Sardar Sarovar
• Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
• The Narmada, also called the Rewa and previously also
known as Nerbudda.
• It is also known as "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya
Pradesh" for its huge contribution to the state
of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
• Narmada is the fifth largest river in India which rises
from a small reservoir, known as the Narmada Kund,
from Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur district.
• It forms the traditional boundary between North
India and South India and flows westwards over a length
of 1,312 km before draining through the Gulf of
Khambhat into the Arabian Sea.
• In the Narmada Basin there are 30 major dams viz., out
of which 21 are used for irrigation, 5 for hydropower and
4 multipurpose dams.
• Indira Sagar Dam is the largest amongst the 4
Multipurpose Dams on Narmada Basin.
INDIRA SAGAR DAM

SARDAR SAROVAR DAM

LOCATION OF THE PROJECT
• The Indira Sagar Dam is a multipurpose project of
Madhya Pradesh at Narmada Nagar, 32 km from Mundi
in the Khandwa District of Madhya Pradesh in India.
• The foundation stone of the project was laid by late
Smt. Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India on
23 October 1983.
• The Construction of main dam started in 1992 and was
commissioned on 31st March, 2005.
STATES BENEFITED, AREA OF
IRRIGATION AND POWER GENERATION
• It provides Irrigation in 169000 Ha of land in
the districts of Khandwa and Khargone in
Madhya Pradesh
• The installed Power generation Capacity is
1,000 MW (8x125 MW).
• The project shall also ensure supply of 2.61
TMC of drinking water to rural areas in
Khandwa district.
• The regulated releases from this project shall
help in providing 353.71 TMC of water to
Sardar Sarovar Project after generation of
power at downstream projects viz.,
Omkareshwar Project and Maheshwar Project
in Madhya Pradesh.
PROJECT FEATURES
(CIVIL AND MECHANICAL)
• The Length of Indira Sagar Dam is 654m.
• The Maximum Height above foundation is
91.4m.
• The dam is designed to discharge a flood of
83543 Cumecs.
• An ogee type of Spillway is proposed for the
structure with a length of 495m.
• The Crest Level of the Spillway is 245.14m.
• The Spillway consists of 20 no of radial gates
(20m X 17m)
• Diversion Tunnel 688 m long & 8 m high
• Intake Structure : 208 m long
FEATURES OF THE POWERHOUSE
Component Specification

No. of Units, their rating and 8 Units of 125 MW each –1000

capacity MW

Radial Gates 20 Nos., 20 m long & 18 m high

Water Conductor System 8 Nos. Penstocks

Head race Channel 530 m long & 75 m wide.

Tail Race Channel 850 m long & 30 m wide.

Switchyard 400 kV, open type.

SUBMERGENCE DETAILS
• According to government estimates made during
the time of dam construction, the ISP was to
submerge 248 villages and one town (Harsud),
displace 80,572 people belonging to 30,739
families, and submerge 91,348 ha of land
including 41,111 ha of forest land (most of the
remaining being agricultural land).
• Several other estimates of the number of
displaced people, including those whose houses
will submerge at the BWL corresponding to MWL,
put the figure at far more than one lakh.
HYDROLOGY
• Catchment Area (Sq.Km) : 61,642 Km2
• Rainfall
o a. Maximum (mm) : 1,879
o b. Minimum (mm) : 603
o c. Average (mm) : 1,288
PHYSICAL STATUS OF WORKS
• STATUS OF CANAL WORKS:
• The component of water conveyance system connecting reservoir
with the main canal of Indira Sagar Project is commonly known as
Punasa facilities. The total length of this system is 9,360 m
comprising 3,045 m long approach channel, 187.75 m long control
structure including stilling basin for regulating the flow into 8.25 m
diametre and 3677.25 m long tunnel and 2,450 m long open exit
channel.
• From here the 248.65 km. long main canal takes off. All components
of the Punasa facilities including control structure have been
completed.
• The 248.65 km long main canal envisages annual irrigation in CCA
of 1.23 lakh ha in 596 villages of Khandwa, Barwani and Khargone
districts of M.P.
• The ultimate potential from the project has been planned in four
phases
o 1st phase 0-71 km (CCA : 36100 ha)
o 2nd phase 71-142 km (CCA : 26100 ha)
o 3rd phase 142-206 km and (CCA : 20700 ha)
o 4th phase 206-248.65 km (40,100 ha)
• 95% of Canal works have been completed.
• An allotment of Rs. 436.54 crores was received under AIBP upto
March, 2015 for canal works of ISP.
RELEASE OF FUNDS UNDER ACCELERATED
IRRIGATION BENEFIT PROGRAMME (AIBP)
• The Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP))
was launched by Govt. of India during 1996-97 for
providing Central Loan Assistance (CLAto the State
Governments for accelerating the implementation of
ongoing major and medium irrigation and multipurpose
projects.
• Govt. of India included Indira Sagar Project under AIBP.
So far, an amount of Rs.1983.49 crores has been
released to Madhya Pradesh for Indira Sagar Project
during the period from 1996-97 to 2014-15.
• This project is also financed by NABARD and ISP has
been received Rs. 22.56 crore up till now
• A total expenditure of Rs. 7580.24 crores has been
incurred on the project up to March, 2015 of which Rs.
4490.73 crores is on Unit-I (Dam) & Unit-III (Power
house) and Rs.3089.51 crore on Unit II (Canals).
REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT
Provisions:
• The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has been
instituted to expedite the implementation of the
Orders of the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal
(NWDT).
• Gujarat has to accommodate all the PAFs willing
to resettle in Gujarat from the States of
Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, so that the
benefits of the project are fully shared by the
people who get dislocated due to the project and
who are willing to be resettled in the command
area of the project
• It is only in the case of those PAFs who are
unwilling to resettle in Gujarat, the Governments
of Maharashtra (GOM) and Madhya Pradesh
(GOMP) will have to resettle them in their
respective territories.
REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT
Sl
Particulars Affected Rehabilitated Balance
No
A Total Villages 252
a Family Affected villages 157 156 1
b Agricultural Land villages 57 57 0
c Govt. Land villages 38 38 0
d Estmd. PAFs upto FRL 40242 40242 0
e PAFs in Harsud ward No. 9.12 &13 693 691 2
B Estimated lslands Villages 3 3 0
b Estd. PAFS 111 111 0
Additional PAFS identified in resurvey as ordered by Hon'ble High
C
Court
a PAFs between FRL and BWL 2846 1555 1291
PAFS due to mistake in survey upto
b 263 263 0
FRL
PAFS due to mistake in survey upto
C 476 204 272
BWL
Total PAFs 44631 43066 1565
PAYMENT DETAILS TO R&R:
RS. IN LAKHS
Special Rehabilitation and
Compensation
Component Rehabilitation Transportation Total
Amount
Grant Grant
Old FRL 76228 22393 24533 123154

Tapu 282.9 0.01 29.04 311.95

Harsud Ward 1033 0 375 1408

FRL to MWL and
3260 5 1291 4556
Backwater
Revised FRL 2100 654.6 173.3 2928.08

BWL 798.8 4.35 100.9 903.99

BWL
687.5 11.61 102.1 801.21
(46 Villages)
FRL (Survey of
64.33 16.38 3.81 84.52
India)
BWL (Survey of
110.1 0 24.38 134.44
India)
In Rest of 25%
367.6 235.8 0 603.37
Lands
922 Houses
(Order of High 611.3 1.58 269.6 882.47
Court)
Grand Total 85544 23322 26902 135768

A Total of around Rs. 1357.68 Crores was spent on the process of

NARMADA BACHAVAT ANDOLAN
• It is the most powerful mass movement, started in 1985,
against the construction of huge dams on the Narmada river.
• After the construction of Sardar Sarovar Dam on the D/s of
Indira Sagar Dam began in 1985, Medha Patkar, a Social
Activist along with her colleagues visited the project site and
noticed that project work being checked due to an order by
the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of
India.
• According to the book –”Towards Sustainable Development
– Struggling over India’s Narmada River” by M.E. Sharpe,
the people who were going to be affected by the construction
of the dam were given no information but the offer for
rehabilitation and the Villagers weren't consulted, weren't
asked for a feedback on the assessment that had taken place.
Furthermore, the officials related to the project had not even
checked the land records and updated them.
• she organized a 36-day solidarity march among the
neighboring states of the Narmada valley from Madhya
Pradesh to the Sardar Sarovar dam site.
• Using the right to fasting, Medha Patkar undertook a 22-day
fast which forced the World Bank to set up The Morse
Commission, to have an independent review of the project
Morse Commission Report
• On 1 September 1991 the Morse Commission began the
Independent Review of the irrigation projects on
Narmada River. The Commission stated the below
findings
• The Bank and India both failed to carry out adequate
assessments of human impacts of the Narmada River
Projects.
• This inadequate understanding was compounded by a
failure to consult the people potentially to be affected.
• Failure to consult the people has resulted in opposition
to the Projects, on the part of potentially affected
people, supported by activists. This opposition has
created great obstacles to successful implementation.
• Citing the above reasons, the World Bank moved out
from aiding the construction of Projects on Narmada
River and the works were suspended
Supreme Court's decision
• The court initially ruled the decision
in the Andolan's favor thereby
effecting an immediate stoppage of
work at the dam and directing the
concerned states to first complete the
rehabilitation and replacement
process
Govt. Response and SC Final Verdict
• The Indian Government found other sources of
funding and re-started the project
• The height of the main reservoir was now raised by
80-85 m.
• NBA challenged the govt. again leading to a court
battle in the Supreme Court
• 2001 judgment was a stunning blow to NBA
• The court’s decision in 2001 has paved the way for
completing the project to attain full envisaged
benefits. The court's final line of the order states,
"Every endeavour shall be made to see that the
project is completed as expeditiously as possible”
• Subsequently, Sardar Sarovar Dam was
inaugurated on 17 Sep, 2017 by Hon’ble Prime
Minister Sri Narendra Modi
CRITICISM
• The NBA supporters have indulged in
physical attacks on local people who
accepted compensation for moving.
• Others have argued that the Narmada
Dam protesters are little more than
environmental extremists who use
pseudoscientific agitprop to scuttle the
development of the region, and that the
dam will provide agricultural benefits to
millions of poor in India.
Independent Journal Published by the
Students of Delhi University:
• According to the Independent Journal Published in
the Economic – Political Weekly during December
22-28,2007 by the Students of Delhi University,
Kaivalya Desai and Upamanyu Trivedi, various
difficulties faced by the Oustees of Indira Sagar
Dam are as follows
o Agricultural lands lost
o Employments lost
o Proximate markets and economic links lost
o Other natural resources lost
o Health status lost
o Educational opportunities for children lost
o Community and family relationships lost
o Infrastructure and development status in
resettled sites
TRIBUNAL AWARDS:
• Under Section-4 of the Inter-State Water Disputes
Act, 1956, the Central Government constituted
Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) on 6th
Oct, 1969
• The Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal gave its
Award on 7th Dec., 1979
State Flow
Gujarat 9.00 MAF(392 TMC)

Madhya Pradesh 18.25 MAF (795 TMC)

Maharashtra 0.25 MAF (11 TMC)

Rajasthan 0.50 MAF (22 TMC)

Total 28.00 MAF (1220 TMC)

ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE
• The Narmada Control Authority (NCA) will ensure that
environmental safeguard measures are planned and
Implemented pari passu with progress of work on
projects.
• The detailed surveys/studies assured will be carried out
as per the schedule proposed and details made
available to the department for assessment.
• the Catchment Area Treatment programme and the
Rehabilitation plans be so drawn as to be completed
ahead of reservoir filling.
• The Department should be kept informed of progress on
various works periodically.
• The Narmada Sagar Project, Madhya Pradesh and
Sardar Sarovar Project, Gujarat have been referred to
the Ministry of Environment & Forests for
Environmental Clearance.
• The Ministry after taking into account all relevant facts,
accorded environmental clearance to the Indira
(Narmada) Sagar (ISP) Project in Madhya Pradesh and
the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP), in Gujarat vide
MoE&F O.M. No. 3-87-80-IAdated 24th Jun, 1987
subject
PROJECT SIMILAR TO INDIRA SAGAR DAM IN NARMADA BASIN
• Sardar Sarovar Project is a multipurpose project serving
irrigation needs, hydro power generation and flood control.
Component Indira Sagar Dam Sardar Sarovar Dam
Hydropower, Hydropower,
Purpose Agriculture, Flood Agriculture, Flood
Control Control
Length of the Dam 654m 1210m

Max Height above

91.4m 163m
foundations

Capacity of Dam 1400 TCM 6820 TCM

Designed Flood
83543 Cumecs 84949 Cumecs
Discharge
Type of Spillway Ogee Ogee

Length of Spillway 495m 749.6m

No of Gates and size 20N, 20×17m 23N, 18.30×16.76m

Culturable Command
1,23,000 Ha 21,20,000 Ha
Area
Bibliography
• Indira Sagar Dam - Wikipedia -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indirasagar_Dam
• Sardar Sarovar Dam - Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardar_Sarovar_Dam
• Water Resource Information System - http://india-
wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Indira_Sagar(
NHDC)_Dam_D02080
• Water Resource Information System-
http://indiawris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=S
ardar_Sarover_Gujarat_Dam_D03023
• Annual Report of Narmada Control Authority.
• Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal Final Award Dated
12.12.1979
• Narmada Bachao Andolan - Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmada_Bachao_Andol
an
• Morse Commission Report
• Journal Published - Rehabilitation of the Indira Sagar
Pariyojana by Kaivalya Desai and Upmanyu Trivedi
Masters students and Vineet Jain an
Undergraduate student at the Delhi University.