ABSTRACT
The Sardar Sarovar Project involves constructing a terminal storage reservoir on the biggest west-flowing river in India, the Narmada, which currently discharges more than 36 million acre-feet of water into the sea every year. The interstate nature of the Sardar Sarovar Project makes it difficult to achieve a commonality of thought and policy, although the central government—especially the Narmada Control Authority—is doing commendable work in this regard. The Sardar Sarovar Project is the lifeline of Gujarat and the ardent hope of millions for a better future. The Sardar Sarovar Project is the largest multipurpose river valley project in western India. The controversy over the Sardar Sarovar Project has, therefore, done more harm than good. Much of management's time is spent countering misinformation and propaganda and less time is available to implement and review planning and designs, especially of those phases that will come within the next three or four years.
