Narmada dam reaches its desired height

The Sardar Sarovar dam over the Narmada will reach its crest level of 121.92 meters on Friday. After reaching this maximum height, radial gates will be installed over it, putting an end to the civil work on the country's most controversial dam considered to be the lifeline of future Gujarat.

The permission for raising the height of the dam from 110.64m to 121.92m was granted by the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) in March 8,2006. After the NCA's green signal, activists who argued that there were several gaps in relief and rehabilitation made an effort to block further work on the dam. Their pleas were rejected by the court which allowed the work to continue. And asked the Centre to review the status of relief and rehab with the respective state governments.

(The New Indian Express,29 December 2006)