Narmada Control Authority gives nod to increase height of dam

June 12, 2014 14:03

Times NOW reports: The Narmada Control Authority has given a nod to raise the height of the dam. The height will be raised from 121 to 138 metres.

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel had earlier expressed hope that with Narendra Modi as prime minister the state need not worry about getting the height of Narmada dam increased by installation of gates.

The state government had conveyed that 97 per cent of concreting work on Sardar Sarovar Dam has been completed and it is the gates that remain to be installed to increase the height of the dam to 138.68 metres from the present 121.92 metres.

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