RIVERS OF INDIA

NARMADA RIVER

LOCATION• Country -India

• States-Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat

ORIGINATING PLACE

• Source- Narmada Kund• Location-

Amarkantak Plateau, Shahdol district,Madhya Pradesh, India• Elevation-1,048

m

TRIBUTARIESTributaries of Narmada are-• Burhner river• Banjar river• Sher river • Shakkar river• Dudhi river• Tawa river• Ganjal river• Kundi river

• Goi river• Karjan river• Hiran river• Tendoni river• Barna river• Kolar river• Man river • Uri river • Hatni river• Orsang river

IMPORTANT CITIES ON BANK

• Hoshangabad• Jabalpur• Mandhata• Barwani• Omkareshwar

• Dewas• Maheshwar• Mandla• Bharuch• Rajpipla• Dharampuri

AREAS BBENEFITTED The upper hilly areas covering the

districts of -• Shahdol• Mandla• Durg• Balaghat • SeoniThe upper plains covering the

districts of –• Jabalpur • Narsinghpur

•Chhindwada•Hosangbad•Betul•Raisen •Sehore•Sagar•DamohThe middle plains covering the districts of-•Khandwa•Dewas•Indore •Dhar

The lower hilly areas covering –•parts of the west Nimar•Jhabua •Dhulia•Narmada •parts of VadodaraThe lower plains covering mainly the districts of-•Narmada•Bharuch

AGRIULTURAL ACTIVITIES• The Narmada

basin mainly consists of black soils providing the best nutrients to plants paving way for development of agricultural activities.

• Organic farming plan has been made for Narmada's catchment area.

MULTIPURPOSE PROJECTS AND POWER STATIONS

• Sardar Sarovar Dam- Hydroelectric power station

• Indirasagar DamIrrigation projects • 1) Matiyari (1992)• 2) Rani Avantibai Sagar (1988)• 3) Barna (1978)• 4) Tawa (1992–93)• 5) Sukta (1984) in Madhya

Pradesh and Karjan project in Gujarat.

FEATURES FORMED• It forms watersheds at

the northern slopes of the Satpuras, and the steep southern slope of the Vindhyas.

•  The Narmada North fault and Narmada South fault, parallel to the river's course, mark the boundary between the Narmada block and the Vindhya and Satpura blocks.

• Narmada valley itself is a graben.

• It forms the Dhuander waterfall in Jabalpur.

RIVER REGIME• Flows between the Satpura and the

Vindhyan ranges.• Its first fertile basin extends up to 320km

and on an average 35km wide.• At  National Highway 3 , Narmada enters

the Mandleshwar plain, the second basin,about 180 km long and 65 km wide.

• Below Makrai, the river flows between Vadodara district and Narmada district. The width of the river spans from about 1.5 km at Makrai to 3 km near Bharuch and to an estuary of 21 km at the Gulf of Cambay.

• Its total length is 1312 km.

SOCIAL ISSUES• An issue rose over sharing

water of narmada among the states of Maharashtra ,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

• Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal (NWDT) was set up in 1969 to resolve the conflict.

• The tribunal allocated the water and power sharing as follows-

STATES WATER SHARE % POWER SHARE

MADHYA PRADESH

18,250,000 acre feet 57

GUJARAT 9,000,000 acre feet 16

MAHARASHTRA 250,000 acre feet 27

RAJASTHAN 500,000 acre feet NIL

TOTAL 28,000,000 acre feet

100

• Another dispute was over the construction of sardar sarovar dam.

• The construction would displace a huge number of tribals from their habitats.

• These tribals were led by Medha Patkar in opposing the construction.

• Presently, a controversy is going on over increasing the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam.

CONCLUSION

• Narmada river serves as an important water resource for states of Maharashtra ,Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.• Narmada basin serves as a

center for agricultural production.• Thus, it plays a crucial role in

development of Indian economy.

MADE BY-SHUBHAM PATELCLASS-IX A

ROLL.NO.-08SUBJECT-SOCIAL SCIENCE

(GEOGRAPHY)TAUGHT BY-GANESH SIR