Sardar Sarovar dam water submerges Narmada valley

BHOPAL: Following heavy rains in the Narmada catchment area and the opening of sluice gates of the big dams on the river, the valley is again facing large-scale submergence, affecting thousands of villagers, who are awaiting compensation.

A large number of people still live in the villages across the Narmada valley where water is dangerously rising. Though Sardar Sarovar project dam gates were opened, the amount of water reaching the dam is more than the water being released from the mighty reservoir. Villagers said that on August 31, the height of the water stood at 134.56 metres and submerged thousands of acres of land. Last year, Gujarat had filled the dam to a height of 138.68 metres and a large number of villagers were shifted to tin sheds. [Readmore]