Sardar Sarovar Dam "EMPOWER IAS"

In news:

• The PM has inaugurated dynamic lighting for the Sardar Sarovar Dam.

 

Sardar Sarovar Project

• The Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is a gravity dam on the Narmada River crossing Gujarat in India.
• It involves a series of large irrigation and hydroelectric multi-purpose dams.
• The project took form in 1979 as part of a development scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity.
• The hydroelectric power of the SSP is to be shared by the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh; the irrigation benefits would accrue to the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan.