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Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA)  

Narmada River is the lifeline of Madhya Pradesh. With 87% of its catchment area lying in Madhya Pradesh, it becomes all the more important for the state to exploit this enormous water resource. It was with this motto in mind that the Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA) was formed by the government of MP in 9th August 1985. NVDA oversees all major development projects in the Narmada Basin. The body also ensures that proper rehabilitation is provided to the displaced, and the negative impacts on environment are minimized by taking appropriate measures.

History
Narmada being one of the major rivers in Central India, there has been large amount of studies aiming at exploiting the abundant water resource. This has also lead to various disputes between Madhya Pradhes, Maharashtra and Gujarat, the three states through which a major portion of Narmada flows. One such dispute was regarding the construction of Navagam dam in Gujarat, which would submerge areas in MP and Maharashtra. To resolve the dispute between the states in sharing the Narmada water, NWDT was formed by GOI in 1969. In 1979, 10 years after its formation, NWDT awarded 18.25 MAF out of the total 27 MAF of water to Madhya Pradesh. This was however under the condition that the state has to completely utilize the allocated water by 2025, failing which the un-utilized water will get reallocated to other states. Madhya Pradesh government formed NVDA in 1985 to oversee the progress of the projects being planned in the Narmada Basin.

NARMADA BASIN
Narmada is the fifth largest river in India. It is also the largest West flowing river in India, with a total length of 1312km. Known as the 'Life Line of Madhya Pradesh', 87% of Narmada lies in Madhya Pradesh, covering districts Shahdol, Balaghat, Rajnandgaon, Mandla, Seoni, Dindori, Katni, Jabalpur, Damoh, Sagar, Narsinghpur, Chhindwara, Betul, Hoshangabad, Harda, Raisen, Sehore, Khandwa, Indore, Dewas, Khargone, Dhar, Jhabu & Barwani. In addition to Madhya Pradesh, the river also flows through Gujarat and Maharashtra. Narmada has a potential of irrigating over 6 million ha (15 million acres) of land along with a capacity to generate about 3,000 Mega Watt of hydro electric power. Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) had allocated fiex share of water for each of the four states as follows

Each state has to utilize its share of water allocated by 2025 failing which it will get reallocated to other states. So as to completely utilize the allocated share of water of 18.25 MAF, Madhyapradesh government came up with 29 major, 135 medium and over 3,000 minor projects which are scheduled to be completed by 2025.

Table below provide details on the major dams and canals being planned on the Narmada Basin by NVDA



Indira Sagar Project:
The Indirasagar Dam is a multipurpose key project of Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River at Narmadanagar in theKhandwa district of Madhya Pradesh in India. The foundation stone of the project was laid by late Smt Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India on 23 October 1984. The construction of main dam started in 1992. The down stream projects of ISP are Omkareshwar, Maheshwar and Sardar Sarovar Project. The Project envisages construction of a 92 m high and 653 m long concrete gravity dam. It provides Irrigation in 1,230 square kilometres of land with annual production of 2700 million units in the districts of Khandwa andKhargone in Madhya Pradesh and power generation of 1000 MW installed capacity (8x125). The reservoir of7900000 acre feet live storage capacity was created. The dam, built as a joint venture between Madhya Pradesh irrigation and National Hydroelectric Power Corporation is the source of the Indra Gandhi canal. It was commissioned on May 2005.