the Nile flooded, leaving several layers of
command area is bound by the Vindhyan
fertile soil behind, aiding in agricultural
foothills in the North and the proposed right
growth. Peret was the growing season and
bank flow canal of the Omkareshwar Project
Shemu, the last season, was the harvest
in the South. On either side, it is bound by
season when there were no rains
the Ghatwal river and the watershed of the
The Egypt
land has not experienced
Uri river and the Wagur nala respectively.
flooding since the construction of the Aswan
The catchment up to dam site is 690 sq. km.
Dam, in 1902 and raised to its current height
The state government policy for the
sixty years later.
Narmada Projects that was made in 1987
RIVERS OF INDIA
and firmed in 1992 also required that the
Narmada the daughter of Lord Shiva
affected people must be resettled with land
for land. Despite this, from 1991 to 1994 the
Part-11
4) Maan Dam
state government completely failed to meet
The Maan dam is one of the 30 large dams
the
that has been planned as part of the Narmada
clearance and the provisions of its own
Valley Development Project (NVDP). It is
policy and paid people with small cash
being constructed on the river Maan a
compensation. As a result, in 1994, the
tributary of Narmada River as an irrigation
Appraisal
project in the Dhar district of Madhya
Environment Ministry blacklisted the Maan
Pradesh. It received the environmental
Project for complete violation of the
clearance from the Ministry of Environment
conditions of the environmental clearance.
in 1994.
The Draft Appraisal of the Man River
The Project will have a full reservoir level of
Project details includes 22 villages in
297.65 m. The maximum height of the
Manawar
masonry dam above river bed level is
Gandhwani block of Dhar District - a total
52.4 m, of the overflow dam 44.09 m and of
of 53. However, the status report of the
the earth dam will be 33.9 m - a level of
Narmada Valley Development Department
300.4 m for all 3 dams. The length of the
lists 56 villages by name.
Right Bank Canal will be 11.64 m and of the
The 1998 status report of the NVDD
left Bank canal will be 10.02 m.
mentions
The Culturable Command Area of the
1094.886 ha for a total of 17 villages.
Project will be 15,000 hectares.
Forest Area to be submerged around 4.5 ha
The
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