News: The Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is one of India's largest multipurpose river valley projects, built on the Narmada River in Gujarat.

Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP)

• Type: Gravity Dam on the Narmada River, Gujarat.
• Conceived: 1979.
• Objectives: Irrigation, hydroelectric power generation, water supply, agricultural development, and reducing power shortage.

Benefits:

• Power: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra.
• Irrigation: Gujarat and Rajasthan.

Narmada River

• Also known as the Rewa River; one of the major west-flowing rivers of Peninsular India.
• Origin: Amarkantak Plateau (Maikal Hills), Madhya Pradesh.
• Length: 1,312 km; drains into the Gulf of Khambhat (Arabian Sea).
• Flows through Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
• Flows through a rift valley between the Vindhya (north) and Satpura (south) ranges.

Major Tributary & Dam

• Largest Tributary: Tawa River.
• Major Dams: Sardar Sarovar, Omkareshwar, and Maheshwar.