A STUDY OF MULTIPURPOSE SARDAR SAROVAR RESERVOIR OPERATION

Abstract

The multipurpose Sardar Sarovar Project is being constructed at the down stream reach of river Narmada to provide irrigation, power and flood control _ benefits to vast area of Gujrat, Madhyapradesh and Maharashtra. The Gross Capacity of the reservoir is 9.50 TMCM, having 5.80 TMCM live storage capacity, will generate power with installed capacity of 1450 MW and irrigate an area of 17.92 lakh hactre annually. In view of the conflicting requirements of the above objectives, an indepth study has been undertaken in this dissertation, to lay down policies for their optimal as well as safe regulation, both during monsoon and non monsoon seasons. The more emphasis is given to the filling schedule. The compro- mising filling schedule have been proposed for the reservoir to ensure gradual filling of the reservoir to the FRL and at the same time, adequate flood storage space is made available to absorb the floods during filling season. Operation policies for different service levels for regulation of reservoir for non monsoon period is evaluated for minimum alarming level. During monsoon seasons filling schedule will serve the same purposes.