Question

‘Sardar Sarovar Dam’ is built in the river
A. Jhelam
B. Narmada
C. Tapti
D. Vyas

Answer 1

The Sardar Sarovar Dam is a gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam, in the state of Gujarat in India. The dam built on the Jhelum River is Mangla Dam. Ukai dam is the one built over the Tapti River. Vyas River (Beas River) has a Pong dam or Beas dam over it. Dam receives water and electricity supplied for the four Indian states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan.

Complete answer:
SSD is a 1,210m long concrete gravity dam, and final height of 163
above the deep foundation. Its current height is 121.9m. Dam gross capacity has 0.95 million hectare meters and the water storage capacity is 0.586M.Ha.m of life. It is currently an area of 37,000ha with an average length of 214km and width of 1.7km. Its spillway discharge capacity is 87,000 cubics of meters a second. The Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) is located in the Kevadia village which is in the state of Gujarat. It holds the most controversial interstate, multipurpose river valley infrastructure development projects of India. It is one of the largest dams in the country.
So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
The Sardar Sarovar Dam provides water and electricity to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan. The foundation stone was laid out on April 5, 1961, by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The project was part of a scheme to increase irrigation and produce hydroelectricity by the World Bank through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development using a loan of US$200 million. The scheme under which the dam is built was conceived by late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in 1946-1947. The expected power to be generated by SSD along with numerous small dams on the same river is 4000MW.